Ten-month-old Despina crawls over to the wall sockets and begins to stick her finger into the socket. As usual, her mother begins to say "no" and shake her head. To her mother's delight, for the first time, Despina responds to her mother by saying "no" and shaking her head. Which of Piaget's sensorimotor substage is Despina demonstrating?

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Despina is demonstrating behaviors characteristic of the Coordination of Secondary Schemes substage of Piaget's sensorimotor stage. This substage, occurring roughly between 8 and 12 months of age, involves the coordination of previously learned behaviors (like understanding the meaning of "no") and applying them to new situations, such as responding to her mother's command by imitating it.

Ten-Month-Old Despina Crawls Over to the Wall Sockets and Begins