In the context of the substages of the sensorimotor stage in the Piagetian approach to cognitive development, which of the following statements is true about babies in the second substage?
A. They learn to pretend and use symbols.
B. They learn to purposely repeat pleasant actions first achieved by chance.
C. They have learned to generalize from past experience to solve new problems.
D. They vary a behavior to see what might happen.
Answer: B
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