Anita is hungry. she points to the crackers on the counter and her mom gives her a cracker. this is an example of

The following is missing for the question to be complete:

A) Vocal behaviour

B) Verbal behaviour

C) A & B

D) None of the above

   Verbal behaviour

Explanation:  Verbal behaviour is behaviour used by children like Anita, for example, where the meaning of a word is learned by function while the linguistic meaning of the word comes later, that is, later learned. This is when parents want to teach their child a word, they first teach the child the function of the word and then how the word is spoken in a language.

But to put it more precisely, verbal behaviour refers to when a child wants a specific pointing at something, a cracker, wants to satisfy a function if s / he is as hungry as Anita, rather than simply pointing out that there is a cracker on the counter.

answer; shared meaning;