Tina babbles and her mother responds to her by imitating the sounds Tina makes. This would appear to refute the belief that
A) early language is the result of reinforcement of correct sounds.
B) early language is an example of stimulus-response theory.
C) language acquisition results from imitation.
D) language is based on fundamental operating principles.
A
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A. separation protest. B. social referencing. C. joint attention. D. strange situation anxiety.
According to the article Gimme the Ball concerning the development of object permanence, Piaget tested for the presence of object permanence by having a child:
(a) watch as balls of clay were flattened (b) lose sight of an attractive toy which was hidden under a piece of cloth (c) study small models of three mountains (d) all of the above [a, b, and c] were tests used by Piaget in seeking object permanence