Emily bakes cookies and places them on a blue plate on the kitchen counter. She tells her brother Jack that she's going out and he can have some cookies after dinner. While Emily is away, their mom comes home and transfers the cookies from the blue plate to a green bowl, which she puts in the pantry. Unaware of this change, where will Jack look for the cookies when he wants one after dinner? Respond very briefly.
Jack is likely to look for the cookies on the blue plate on the kitchen counter first because that is where Emily told him they would be. He was not present to see the cookies being moved by their mom, and he has no reason to suspect that the location of the cookies has changed from what Emily told him. As a result, Jack's behavior will be based on the last information he received about the location of the cookies. Only after not finding them on the counter may he then search elsewhere, such as the pantry or ask someone about their whereabouts.