A __________ is a means of building schemes in which an infant who has stumbled onto a new experience caused by his or her own motor activity tries to repeat the event again and again.

A) sensorimotor reflex
B) circular reaction
C) mental representation
D) goal-directed behavior


Answer: B) circular reaction

Psychology

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