In assessing his newborn son's cognitive ability, Cosmo waves his hand at the baby and watches to see if his son reacts by also waving his hand. Cosmo is using a(n) _____ technique to assess his son's abilities

a. implicit memory
b. imitation
c. cued-recall
d. operant conditioning


b

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