Eighteen-month-old Joshua received a train set from his visiting grandmother. Joshua's grandmother set it up and demonstrated how to drive the train on the track while saying "chugga, chugga, choo, choo." Later that day, Joshua picked up a train piece and imitated the "chugga, chugga, choo, choo" sounds. Joshua's behavior places him in the __________ substage of the sensorimotor stage.

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Joshua is demonstrating deferred imitation, which presents in the sixth substage of the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, the beginnings of thought.

Eighteen-Month-Old Joshua Received a Train Set from His Visiting Grandmother