Two- to 5-Year-Old Children Copy Senseless and Irrelevant Adult Actions

question 23

Multiple Choice

Two- to 5-year-old children copy senseless and irrelevant adult actions such as stroking a plastic jar with a feather before reaching inside the jar for a toy.This best illustrates

• A) a conditioned response.
• B) instinctive drift.
• C) vicarious reinforcement.
• D) overimitation.

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