In the study discussed in the text in which 9- to 11-month-old infants were shown a series of actions and then given opportunities to reproduce the actions, _____ was necessary for the infants to reproduce the actions accurately.
A)a causal relationship amongst the actions
B)prior experience with the objects
C)practice reproducing the actions
D)an opportunity to crawl to the objects on their own

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The study found that a causal relationship amongst the actions was necessary for the infants to accurately reproduce the actions, suggesting that understanding the cause-and-effect relationship helped them in imitation.

In the Study Discussed in the Text in Which 9-