Identify a True Statement About the Work of Andrew Meltzoff

question 117

Multiple Choice

Identify a true statement about the work of Andrew Meltzoff on imitation in infant development.

• A) He emphasizes that an infant's imitative abilities resemble a hardwired response.
• B) He concluded that infants blindly imitate everything they see.
• C) He held that deferred imitation does not occur until about 18 months of age.
• D) He sees infants' imitative abilities as biologically based.

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