Baby Jimmy's parent places a brand new rattle in his crib, and Jimmy immediately picks it up and tries to mouth the rattle. When it shakes, it makes noise. Jimmy immediately tries shaking the rattle in different ways to see how the sound changes

He seems to enjoy this activity. Piaget would say that this is an example of

a) Substage 2: First habits and primary circular reactions
b) Substage 1: Simple reflexes
c) Substage 3: Secondary circular reactions
d) Substage 4: Coordination of secondary circular reactions


c

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following two major theories emphasize emotional and social development?

A) the psychoanalytic perspective and ethology B) ethology and Vygotsky's sociocultural theory C) behaviorism and the dynamic systems perspective D) ecological systems theory and social learning theory

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A) monocular cues B) pictorial cues C) binocular cues D) kinetic cues

Psychology