Carla,a 10-month-old infant,sees her caregiver enter the room carrying a bottle of milk for another child in the day care center.Carla watches the caregiver give the bottle to the other child,and then extends her hands toward the bottle,making noises that indicate she wants one as well.Her caregiver notices,picks Carla up,and quickly prepares a bottle for her.In this example,Carla is demonstrating

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Carla's reaching out for the milk bottle and making noises indicates that she is using means-end behavior, where she is trying to achieve a goal (i.e. getting a bottle of milk) by using a means (i.e. reaching out and making noises to grab the caregiver's attention).

Carla,a 10-Month-Old Infant,sees Her Caregiver Enter the Room Carrying a Bottle