Three-year-old Dominic calls his toy robot Sam and talks to him as if Sam is another 3-year-old. What explanation do researchers give for Dominic's behavior?
A) Dominic actually believes that the robot is alive.
B) Dominic believes that all people and objects think the same thoughts that he thinks.
C) Dominic cannot distinguish between animate and inanimate objects.
D) Dominic has incomplete knowledge about certain objects, including his toy robot.
D
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