Polly sees her mother baking cookies one day. Two weeks later at kindergarten, Polly and her friends are playing house and Polly begins to mimic the steps she saw her mother going through when making the cookies. Polly's play acting in kindergarten shows that social learning ____.

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Polly's ability to mimic the steps of making cookies shows that she remembered what she saw her mother do, indicating that social learning involves the use of memory. Choice B is incorrect because social learning does not necessarily have a set speed and may vary depending on the individual and situation. Choice C is also incorrect because social learning can occur much faster than two weeks, depending on the complexity of the behavior being learned. Choice D is incorrect because Polly's play acting in kindergarten is an example of real-life learning.

Polly Sees Her Mother Baking Cookies One Day