Children should first be prepared to learn a great deal from social models

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The second year is when children become proficient in deferred imitation, which is when they can imitate actions they have seen at a later time. This suggests that they have learned from social models and implies that they are prepared to learn from them. While children do imitate facial expressions at birth (A), this is not necessarily related to learning. Similarly, while children in middle childhood construct verbal representations of what they have witnessed (C), this does not necessarily relate to learning from social models. Finally, while preadolescence marks an increase in attention to peer-group norms (D), it is not specific to learning from social models.

Children Should First Be Prepared to Learn a Great Deal