Cassandra and her mother have been playing patty-cake,but her mother is now trying to engage Cassandra in a picture book.Cassandra wants to play patty-cake again,so she grabs her mother's hands and puts them together as if in a clap.Cassandra is clearly in stage ____ of sensorimotor development.

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Cassandra is demonstrating an understanding of means-end (she knows that by putting her mother's hands together, it will initiate a game of patty-cake), which is characteristic of Stage 4 of sensorimotor development, where infants begin to show goal-directed behavior.

Cassandra and Her Mother Have Been Playing Patty-Cake,but Her Mother