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A 5-Year-Old English Child Is Given Chopsticks When She Sits

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A 5-year-old English child is given chopsticks when she sits down for dinner at a Chinese restaurant while on vacation.She proceeds to hit them at the table and wants to take them home to use with her drum set.How would Piaget explain this phenomenon?


Definitions:

Reflexes

Automatic, involuntary responses to stimuli that occur without conscious thought.

Habituate

The process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus or an environment through repeated exposure.

Emotional Attachment

The emotional bond that forms between individuals, crucial for personal development and psychological health.

Continuity and Stages

The debate in developmental psychology over whether development occurs in a smooth progression (continuity) or through a series of distinct stages.

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