A child's capacity for deferred imitation first appears

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Deferred imitation involves the ability to remember and copy actions that have been observed in the past, and this ability requires the capacity to form symbolic representations. This ability typically emerges during infancy, so the correct answer is B. Option A is incorrect because while newborns do have imitative reflexes, this is different from deferred imitation. Options C and D are incorrect because while verbal mediators can be helpful for deferred imitation, they are not a necessary precondition for it.

A Child's Capacity for deferred Imitation First Appears