When Toddlers Think About the Range of Possibilities of an Action

question 149

Multiple Choice

When toddlers think about the range of possibilities of an action before they perform the behaviour, they are engaging in what stage of sensorimotor development?

• A) Primary circular reactions
• B) Secondary circular reactions
• C) Tertiary circular reactions
• D) Mental representations

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Definitions:

Process Information

The method by which individuals perceive, analyze, and interpret information from their environment to make decisions or solve problems.

Behaviorism

A theory in psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and disregards mental processes.

Psychoanalysis

Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts. Freud’s therapeutic technique used in treating psychological disorders. Freud believed the patient’s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences—and the analyst’s interpretations of them—released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight.

Humanistic Psychology

A historically significant perspective that emphasized human growth potential.