Toys that respond to the infant's actions, such as a jack-in-the-box,

A) discourage learning of cause-and-effect relationships.
B) won't allow the infant to be in control.
C) teach them that the environment is responding to them.
D) create passive children.


C) teach them that the environment is responding to them. They recognize that they are having an influence on their environment and that the environment is now responding to them.

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