Dalila Is at Her Wit's End

Multiple Choice

Dalila is at her wit's end. Her 18-month-old son has become a terror. Tuesday, he climbed up on the kitchen counter, opened the canister of sugar, and helped himself to a fistful. Thursday, he put his neighbor's Barbie doll in the fish tank for a swim. Piaget would say:

A) the child is showing healthy signs of little-scientist behaviors.
B) the child's behavior has been learned; Dalila is reinforcing his antics.
C) Dalila has let her son get out of control and must reassert her authority.
D) the child probably has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.