Copying an adult,young children will wave a stick over a box and then use the stick to push on a knob that opens the box when all they needed to do to open the box was to push on the knob.This best illustrates
A) operant conditioning.
B) prosocial behavior.
C) overimitation.
D) classical conditioning.

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Overimitation refers to the phenomenon in which individuals copy unnecessary actions that are part of a demonstrated action sequence. In this case, the children are waving a stick over the box before using it to push the knob to open the box, even though waving the stick is unnecessary to open the box.

Copying an Adult,young Children Will Wave a Stick Over a Box