Research on private speech suggests that young children
A) are more likely to talk to themselves when tasks are too hard.
B) are more likely to talk to themselves when tasks are appropriately challenging.
C) talk to themselves because they have difficulty taking the perspective of others.
D) with learning and behavior problems rarely use private speech.

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Research on private speech suggests that children are more likely to talk to themselves when tasks are appropriately challenging rather than too hard or too easy. When tasks are too easy, children have no need to use private speech as they can complete the task easily without it. When tasks are too hard, children may become frustrated and give up, thus they may not use private speech.

Research on Private Speech Suggests That Young Children