When young Mathias's mother says, ''Good morning honey, how did you sleep?'', he responds by simply repeating what she said instead of answering her question. This is a form of language disturbance called

A. pronoun reversal.
B. echolalia.
C. mutism.
D. deferred mirroring.


Ans: B. echolalia.

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