Four-Year-Old Regis Is Learning to Tie His Own Shoes

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Regis is learning to tie his own shoes. To help keep him on task, he talks to himself. For instance, he says, "First you make a knot. Then you make a loop." Regis's use of spoken language not intended for others is called __________.

A) private speech
B) social speech
C) egocentric speech
D) practice speech