Piaget's Theory Review (2)

In Piaget’s sensorimotor stage, infants and toddlers

• assimilate more than they accommodate.

• represent their experiences in speech, gesture, and play.

• “think” with their eyes, ears, hands, and other sensorimotor equipment.

• solve every day practical problems and carry out many activities inside their heads

According to Piaget’s theory, when Baby Aisha sucks her thumb, she is demonstrating

• a primary circular reaction.

• goal-directed behavior.

• a secondary circular reaction.

• a tertiary circular reaction.

Nine-month-old Laila retrieves her toy, which her mother has hidden under a cover. Baby Laila has begun to master

• deferred imitation.

• object permanence.

• make-believe play.

• reflexive schemes.

According to Piaget a schema is

• the ability to remember and copy the behavior of models who are not present

• a period of trial-and-error experimentation during the fifth substage

• a category of knowledge, or a mental template, that a child puts together to understand the world

• actions aimed at repeating interesting effects in the surrounding world

Object permanence is

• actions aimed at repeating interesting effects in the surrounding world; imitation of familiar behaviors

• simple motor habits centered around the infant's own body

• the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed.