Fourteen- to Eighteen-Month-Old Children Are More Likely to Imitate an Action

Fourteen- to eighteen-month-old children are more likely to imitate an action accompanied by the verbal expression "There!" than an action accompanied by the expression "Whoops!",suggesting that

A) children cannot tell the difference between a deliberate action and an accidental action.
B) adults need to be careful of the language they use when accomplishing a task.
C) adults do not serve as good models for imitative learning.
D) children can selectively imitate the deliberate actions of others.

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