Jenny watches her big brother climb from the couch to the coffee table, a behaviour she has never attempted herself. The next day, Jenny climbs up on the couch and then over to the coffee table. Jenny's behaviour is referred to as:

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Deferred imitation refers to the ability of a child to imitate an action or behavior that they observed at an earlier time. In this case, Jenny saw her brother climb from the couch to the coffee table and later imitated the behavior, demonstrating deferred imitation. Choices A and B are not fitting because they do not accurately capture the delayed aspect of Jenny's imitation. Symbolic representation (D) refers to the ability to use symbols to represent objects or ideas, and is not relevant to this scenario.

Jenny Watches Her Big Brother Climb from the Couch to the Coffee