Eighteen-month-old Omar saw his father stirring a pot on the stove and the next day, picks up his bowl and spoon and begins "stirring" an imaginary substance. This is an example of____________

a. deferred imitation
b. sorting objects into categories
c. tertiary circular reactions
d. the A-not-B error

Answer: A

Psychology

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