A little girl watches a television cartoon in which a woman yanks a child by the hair and screams at her. After seeing the cartoon, the little girl acts out this same interaction with her doll. This is an example of

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The little girl is imitating a behavior she saw on television, which is an example of social learning. The other options are not applicable in this scenario - catharsis refers to releasing pent-up emotions through aggressive behavior, imagined aggression involves thinking about aggressive behavior but not acting on it, and the frustration-aggression link suggests that frustration can lead to aggression, but there is no indication of frustration in this scenario.

A Little Girl Watches a Television Cartoon in Which a Woman