54. Meltzoff examined 18-month-old s ability to imitate after seeing an adult re

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54. Meltzoff examined 18-month-old s ability to imitate after seeing an adult repeatedly demonstrate a successful or an unsuccessful attempt at a task (e.g-» pu suggest that: A) children this age do not have the ability for mental representation 5 cildren this age will imitate the exact behavior of the person, even his mistake». C children this age will ling apart a dumbbell). His finding* imitate what a person is trying to do even if that person was unsuccessful D) children this age can only do immediate (not deferred) imitation

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ANSWER- D) Children this age can only do immediate (not deferred) imitation.

Explanation :
In the experiments conducted by Meltzoff is was noted that infants, the proposition has been offered that at birth children have a primitive capacity of matching the actions of others and such ability is important for the social and cognitive building.

The next findings of the experiment were that children responses were limited to the intervals when the adults were doing the act and not after that.

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