Substages
What substage is an infant who's sucking their thumb for pleasure in?
Substage 2 (primary circular reactions)
True or false: Parents should prevent their infants from sucking their thumb because it’s a bad habit?
FALSE
What stage may a child use a toy to reach for another toy?
Substage 4- Coordination of Secondary Circular Reactions
What is the key cognitive developmental milestone in the sensorimotor stage? (fully emerged in substage 6)
Object Permanence
What substage is an infant in who’s grasping and partaking in involuntary movements?
Substage 1 (excercising reflexive schemas)
True or false: maintaining a safe and healthy environment could help infants develop through the 6 sensorimotor stages?
TRUE
What game is common for babies in the substage 3 age that uses repetition?
Peek a boo
When do babies begin engaging in pleasurable behaviors?
Substage 2 (Primary Circular Reactions)
A child dropping their toy truck to realize their actions of dropping it creates a sound is considered what substage?
Substage 3-(secondary circular reactions)
True or false: object permanence is understanding that object still exist even when out of sight?
TRUE
What is a key characteristics of the sensorimotor stage?
Learning through movement and the senses
What stage is associated with intentionality and the earliest form of problem solving?
Substage 4-(coordination of secondary circular reactions)
What substage is the toddler considered a “little scientist”?
Substage 5- (tertiary circular reactions)
Deferred imitation is when a child imitates something they just saw?
FALSE
What age range does Piaget’s Sensorimotor stage typically occur?
Birth-2 years
A child throws a toy ball down the stairs to see what happens, what substage would this be?
Substage 5 (Tertiary Circular Reactions)
What stage can the child be able to imagine and think about things without seeing it or touching it?
Substage 6- (beginning of symbolic representation)
True or false: Babies have full understanding of object permanence by substage 3?
FALSE
Abby, a 1 year old, starts dropping her toys from different spots on the stairs to see what happens to her toys when they hit the floor. What stage is she most likely in?
Substage 5 (Tertiary Circular Reactions)
Which substage involves the child starting to understand the relationship between cause and effect?
Substage 3 (Secondary Circular Reactions)