Karen, Age 3, Describes the Routine for Going to Restaurants

question 123

Multiple Choice

Karen, age 3, describes the routine for going to restaurants in very general terms because:

• A) her scripted knowledge of this routine is incomplete.
• B) she is in the precausal stage of reasoning.
• C) she can refer only to a single, unique meal.
• D) she has not yet begun to acquire the script for going to a restaurant.

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Definitions:

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