Children as young as age 2 display a sophisticated understanding of role relationships and story lines. awareness that make-believe is a representational activity. the ability to flexibly understand that an object may take on multiple fictional identities. advanced forms of sociodramatic play without adult prompting.

Asoccer mom is driving her 75 year old grandmother and her 9 year old daughter home after the game. the grandmother and daughter were both in the back seat and both were wearing their seat belts. a car ran a red light in front of them, causing them to t-bone that car on the passenger side. fortunately there were no serious injuries, but the grandmother did sustain several rib fractures. the mother, daughter and driver of the at-fault car were shaken up but unhurt. what are some possible reasons that the grandmother sustained rib fractures while the other victims did not?