Asked by Tatyana Romashenko on Apr 29, 2024
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Cassandra and her mother have been playing patty-cake,but her mother is now trying to engage Cassandra in a picture book.Cassandra wants to play patty-cake again,so she grabs her mother's hands and puts them together as if in a clap.Cassandra is clearly in stage ____ of sensorimotor development.
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
Patty-cake
A popular hand-clapping game played between a parent and child, often involving simple, coordinated movements to a rhythmic chant.
- Reach an understanding of the segments within Piaget's sensorimotor development and their particular characteristics.
- Describe how infants interact with their environment and people around them across different stages of development.
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Hannah BakerMay 05, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
Cassandra is demonstrating an understanding of means-end (she knows that by putting her mother's hands together, it will initiate a game of patty-cake), which is characteristic of Stage 4 of sensorimotor development, where infants begin to show goal-directed behavior.
Learning Objectives
- Reach an understanding of the segments within Piaget's sensorimotor development and their particular characteristics.
- Describe how infants interact with their environment and people around them across different stages of development.