A father talked on the telephone in front of his baby.The next day,the baby picked up a toy telephone and repeated his father's actions.According to Piaget,this is an example of

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Deferred imitation is the ability to imitate an observed action or behavior after a time delay. In this scenario, the baby is demonstrating deferred imitation by picking up the toy telephone and repeating the actions they observed their father doing the day before. Social learning (B) refers to learning through observation and interaction with others, but it does not necessarily involve deferred imitation. Invisible imitation (C) is not a term commonly used in Piaget's theory. Reciprocal interaction (D) refers to the ongoing and mutually influencing interactions between a child and their environment, but it does not specifically address the act of imitation.

A Father Talked on the Telephone in Front of His