When an Infant's Actions Are Intentional and Goal-Directed,he or She

question 141

Multiple Choice

When an infant's actions are intentional and goal-directed,he or she is in sensorimotor substage ____.

• A) 1: simple reflexes
• B) 2: first habits and primary circular reactions
• C) 3: secondary circular reactions
• D) 4: coordination of secondary schemas

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Definitions:

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Reinforcement

In behavior psychology, a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

The method of transforming behavior intensity by administering either reinforcements or punishments.

Shaping

A method of training by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced.