A Week-Old Infant Has One Scheme for Sucking and Another

question 16

Multiple Choice

A week-old infant has one scheme for sucking and another for hand and arm movements. It doesn't take long, however, for these two schemes to become coordinated, resulting in a thumb-sucking scheme. What is this concept referred to as?

• A) complementarity
• B) organization
• C) adaptation
• D) assimilation

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