Amithi talks quietly to herself as she pretends to cut her doll's hair. "Cut the side," she says. "Here too." She cuts some more with her pretend scissors. "Cut the front," Amithi says. Amithi is using __________ to guide her actions and attention.

A. private speech
B. public speech
C. a script
D. communicative speech


Answer: A

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