Why do infants under 9 months don’t search for hidden objects?

Question

Piaget explained that infants under 9 months don’t search for

hidden objects because they lack knowledge of object

permanence. What is Baillargeon’s problem with this claim?

Answer 1

Infants take time to understand that something they cannot see is still there, you know, peekaboo.  If you disappear behind your hands, are you still there?

I don't remember Piaget's schedule, but my son figured this out at about two months, so that might be Baillargeon's problem...that at nine months most babies have figured out object permanence.

Answer 2

because they're still to young to know anything except drink, eat, sleep and poo.

Answer 3

When an object is hidden , they think its gone. They dont realize the object still exists, but is just in a diffrent place or " hiding"