Deferred imitation is an important developmental milestone in a two-year-old, in which children not only construct symbolic representations, but can also remember information.
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Dogs imitate novel human actions and store them in memory, Deferred imitation and declarative memory in domestic dogs abstract . talk ) 18 : 05, 24 September 2014 ( UTC)
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It is within this time period that object permanence, deferred imitation, and make-believe play, all of which are necessary to move on to the preoperational stage, develop.