When Baby Carissa "stumbles" onto a new experience, such as making a mobile hanging over her crib move by kicking her feet, engaging in that activity repeatedly will
A) strengthen Carissa's response and create a new scheme.
B) provide Carissa with entertainment until she is better able to explore her world.
C) lead to the refinement of reflexive schemes.
D) facilitate cognitive equilibrium.
A
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A. Axis III-General Evaluation of Functioning B. Axis IV-Psychosocial and Environmental Problems C. Axis VI-Global Assessment of Psychosocial Functioning D. Axis V-Global Assessment of Functioning
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A. schema B. retrieval cue C. chunk D. mnemonic
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a. as a reaction to a rapidly decreasing blood pressure. b. to irritate their partners. c. to calm their partners. d. as a reaction to a rapidly increasing blood pressure.
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a) assimilation. b) accommodation. c) schemes. d) memory.