Nicholas was a breastfed baby. However, when he was 3 weeks old, his mother introduced him to a bottle. Nicholas quickly learned to modify his __________ schema to the different sucking patterns required by the bottle.

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The earliest schemas are reflexes, and these simple reflexes represent the first substage of the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. In this example, Nicholas is modifying his sucking reflex.

Nicholas Was a Breastfed Baby