Mandy sees a little girl in the grocery store throwing a screaming tantrum to get a toy. The next week at the mall, Mandy begins screaming and crying to get some candy. Mandy is showing:
A) dishabituation.
B) habituation.
C) object permanence.
D) deferred imitation.

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Deferred imitation is when an individual observes a behavior and later replicates it, as Mandy did by imitating the tantrum she saw earlier.

Mandy Sees a Little Girl in the Grocery Store Throwing