Ruella and Raymond are amazed at the range of new things their 6-month-old daughter,Anna,seems to be learning every day.Recently,while playing with a toy,Anna tossed it out of the crib.Immediately,Ruella picked it up and placed it in Anna's hand and talked to her for a bit.Ever since this incident,Anna keeps throwing her toys out of the crib,expecting one of her parents to give her toy back to her and to cuddle her a bit.From this scenario,we can say that Anna is in the sensorimotor substage of
A)internalization of schemes.
B)tertiary circular reactions.
C)coordination of secondary circular reactions.
D)secondary circular reactions.

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According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the sensorimotor stage is divided into six substages, and the secondary circular reaction substage occurs between 4-8 months of age. This substage is characterized by repeating actions that have interesting or enjoyable effects on the environment, such as repeatedly tossing a toy out of a crib to see it returned to them. Therefore, Anna's behavior demonstrates that she is in the secondary circular reaction substage.

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