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Why the Piagetian A-not-B phenomenon is no error: A comparative perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Jack P. Hailman
Jack P. Hailman
Affiliation:
Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL 33960 jhailman@facstaff.wisc.edu
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Abstract

A-not-B behavior in various mammals and birds suggests it has been selected for during evolution. One scenario is that displacement to B of one food item from a trove at A should not distract the forager. Piagetian stage V experiments may not test for object permanence, but rather for the more abstract notion that physical objects can be unique.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 44 - 45
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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