Two- to 5-year-old children copy senseless and irrelevant adult actions such as stroking a plastic jar with a feather before reaching inside the jar for a toy.This best illustrates
A) a conditioned response.
B) instinctive drift.
C) vicarious reinforcement.
D) overimitation.

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This scenario best illustrates overimitation, as the children are copying irrelevant and senseless actions of adults when retrieving a toy from a jar.

Two- to 5-Year-Old Children Copy Senseless and Irrelevant Adult Actions