A baby is learning about his world. He already knows about the value of sucking and grasping in helping him to adapt to his world and he is now working on understanding pushing and pulling. Piaget would have characterized all of these mental structures as
a. schemes.
b. assimilations.
c. competencies.
d. utterances.
Answer: a. schemes.
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