In the study 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 among 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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A causal relationship among the actions was necessary for the infants to reproduce the actions accurately. In other words, they needed to understand the cause-and-effect relationships between the actions in order to imitate them successfully. The other options (B, C, and D) are not directly related to the finding of the study.

In the Study in Which 9- To- 11-Month-Old Infants Were