Knowing what you know about deferred imitation, what would an infant do if you stuck your tongue out at him today

What will be an ideal response?


Deferred imitation means that the child has enough memory capability that they will remember and try to do something a day or so later. So, if you stuck your tongue out at a kid one day, he would try it again the next day. He may stick his tongue out at you the next time he sees you.

Psychology

You might also like to view...

What was one method researchers used to present a word so that people would be conscious of it on some trials and not others?

a. They sometimes presented the word to people who were in a coma. b. They sometimes hypnotized people and told them not to see the word. c. They sometimes made the word too small and blurry to see. d. They sometimes presented a masking pattern after the word.

Psychology

All but which of the following people have a specific phobia?

a. Joe, who is afraid of spiders b. Pat, who is afraid of heights c. Nicole, who is afraid of venturing out into open places d. Michael, who is afraid of snakes e. Meghan, who is afraid of flying in airplanes

Psychology

According to cognitive theorists, adolescents between 17 and 18

a. are incapable of forming higher-order abstractions. b. no longer see conflicting statements about themselves as contradictory. c. believe that they cannot be introverted with a date and extroverted with friends. d. continue to see conflicting statements about themselves as contradictory.

Psychology

Human brain synapses are pruned to adult levels by about what age?

a. 2 weeks c. 10 months b. 4 months d. 3 years

Psychology