Strohner and Nelson (1974)had 2- and 3-year-olds use toys to act out the following sentences: (1)The cat chased the mouse.
(2)The mouse chased the cat.
How were these sentences interpreted?
A) The children interpreted both sentences to mean that the cat chased the mouse.
B) The children interpreted both sentences to mean that the mouse chased the cat.
C) The children interpreted the correct meaning for each sentence.
D) The children interpreted the opposite meaning for each sentence.

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The children interpreted both sentences to mean that the cat chased the mouse, likely due to their understanding of typical roles and behaviors of cats and mice, rather than the specific syntactic structure of the sentences.

Strohner and Nelson (1974)had 2- and 3-Year-Olds Use Toys to Act