Social learning researchers Donna Mumme and Anne Fernald found that 12-month-old children ____.
A) were not influenced by the actions of televised models
B) disliked toys that televised models reacted negatively toward and liked toys that televised models reacted positively or neutrally toward
C) mimicked the toy preferences of televised models as long as the models were not strangers
D) reacted in the same manner toward toys as televised models did only when the children's parents were also present

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Mumme and Fernald found that 12-month-old children were influenced by the actions of televised models; they liked toys that televised models reacted positively or neutrally toward, and disliked toys that televised models reacted negatively toward. However, the study did not find evidence that the children mimicked the toy preferences of the models (choice C) or that their reactions were dependent on the presence of the parents (choice D).

Social Learning Researchers Donna Mumme and Anne Fernald Found That