According to theory-theory, why do children imitate irrelevant adult behaviors? A. They theorize that the adult will reward them for correct imitation. B. They theorize that the irrelevant behavior must be important. C. They derive pleasure from correctly imitating behaviors of all sorts. D. They mindlessly copy everything adults do.

Option B

Explanation:

According to the theory-theory the child imitate the irrelevant behavior because they think that this behavior of them is important.

This is because they habit of learning from the parents or adults so they think that this is also a behavior which is important as like that of others.

The theory-theory learning says that some of the habits that the child learns is from the surrounding, friends, family and environment.