What does Piaget refer to infants as during the fifth sensorimotor substage and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Piaget described infants as "little scientists" during this period because they move from intentional behavior to systematic exploration. Infants now engage in active, purposeful trial-and-error exploration to search for new discoveries. They vary their actions to see how the changes affect the outcomes.
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a. reassure the child and lead to the development of self- regulation. b. negatively reinforce the boy's behavior. c. confuse the boy. d. make the boy's behavior harder to extinguish.
__________ individuals are the least mature in identity development
A) Long-term diffused B) Identity-achieved C) Identity-foreclosed D) Short-term moratorium
The premise that young people's personalities mature as they invest in their lives and the greater society through stable relationships and steady work is from __________
a. the social investment theory b. rank order consistency c. the maturation of personality d. behaviorism
A 13-year-old girl notices that her breasts are increasing in size. Which term describes this change?
A. primary sex characteristics B. secondary sex characteristics C. tertiary sex characteristics D. quaternary sex characteristics