You take a nine-month-old and for Piaget a nine-month-old is just starting to make sense of objects and their permanence.

你找到一个九个月大的婴儿,在皮亚杰看来,九个月大的婴儿才刚刚发展出,客体以及客体永存性的概念

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Before six-month-olds, Piaget observed, you take an object the kid likes like a rattle, you hide it, you put it behind something, it's like it's gone.

皮亚杰发现,在六个月之前,你将婴儿喜欢的物体,比如说拨浪鼓,藏起来,隐藏在某物的后面,就像这东西消失了一样

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And Piaget's claim was one reason why they're surprised at peek-a-boo is you go-- you look at a kid, the kid's smiling and go, "Oh, peek-a-boo," and you close--and you cover your face and the kid says, "He's gone."

皮亚杰认为,他们对捉迷藏感到惊奇的一个原因便是,你凭空消失了,你看着婴儿,婴儿会对你笑,然后你和他玩捉迷藏,"躲猫猫",你用双手遮住了你的脸,婴儿会以为,"他不见了"

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Piaget also discovered that older children fail at a task that's known as the A-not-B task.

皮亚杰还发现,稍大的婴儿无法完成,A非B错误任务

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