If an 18-Month-Old Child Stands Before a Mirror, Observes a Strange

question 74

Multiple Choice

If an 18-month-old child stands before a mirror, observes a strange sticker on the head of the image looking back at her, and reaches up and retrieves the sticker from her own head, we conclude that

• A) the child clearly recognizes the mirror image as "me"
• B) self-recognition is apparently inborn
• C) the child thinks the image in the mirror is mimicking her
• D) the child clearly recognizes the mirror image as "me" and self-recognition is apparently inborn
• E) none of these

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Sales Discounts

Reductions in the sale price offered by a seller to a buyer, typically to encourage prompt payment or in response to bulk orders.

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