Jenny watches her big brother climb from the couch to the coffee table, a behavior she has never attempted herself. The next day, Jenny climbs up on the couch and then over to the coffee table. Jenny's behavior is referred to as

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Jenny's behavior is an example of deferred imitation, which is the ability to imitate a behavior after a delay. She observed her brother's behavior and then later reproduced it on her own. This type of learning is evidence of the development of cognitive abilities such as memory and symbolic representation.

Jenny Watches Her Big Brother Climb from the Couch to the Coffee