Nine-year-old Lela states, "Juana thinks that Barry thinks that his cell phone is under his pillow, but that's not really what Barry thinks; he knows his cell phone is in his dresser drawer." Lela is demonstrating

A) elaboration

B) recursive thought

C) cognitive self-regulation

D) rehearsal

Option B.

Explanation:

Recursive thought, is the right answer.

The method of solving extensive problems by breaking them down into more inadequate, more manageable puzzles that have identical structures, is known as the recursive thought. This method of dividing a big problem into small is known as the divide and conquer technique. The factorial function is one of the examples of recursion or recursive thoughts.

B) Recursive thought

Explanation:

Recursive though is the process of solving big problems by breaking them down into smaller, simpler problems that have identical forms.

When Lela says that Barry thinks that his cellphone is under his pillow, but actually is in his dresser drawer and he knows it, she is demonstrating recursive thought since she knows what barry is thinking but he tries to hide it.