Four-year-old Hunter draws lines coming down a sheet of construction paper. He then looks at it and decides it's the rain he sees coming down outside his window. This represents which feature of drawing in early childhood?
A) Drawings have no real meaning.
B) Drawings are specific rather than symbolic of a category.
C) Children ages 3 to 5 have difficulty interpreting what they have drawn.
D) Children ages 3 to 5 usually see what they've drawn and then name it.

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Hunter's action of naming his drawing after creating it exemplifies a common behavior in early childhood where children often decide what their drawings represent after they have completed them. This indicates that they use their imagination to interpret their artwork, rather than having a predetermined concept they intend to illustrate from the start.

Four-Year-Old Hunter Draws Lines Coming Down a Sheet of Construction