Twenty-Four-Month-Old Tyler Is Placed in Front of a Mirror with a Spot

question 179

Multiple Choice

Twenty-four-month-old Tyler is placed in front of a mirror with a spot of rouge on his nose. Tyler will MOST likely:

• A) touch his own nose to wipe off the spot.
• B) touch the spot on the mirror, because he wants to wipe the spot off his own nose.
• C) touch the spot on the mirror, because he wonders why that other child has a spot on his nose.
• D) crawl away from the mirror, because he does not recognize himself with the spot on his nose.

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