Ruella and Raymond are amazed at the range of new things their six-month-old daughter seems to be learning every day.Recently,while playing with a toy,Anna,their daughter,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 the 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 (birth to 2 years) is characterized by the development of object permanence and the coordination of sensory and motor activities. This stage is divided into six substages, and the second substage is called secondary circular reactions. In this substage, infants repeat actions that have interesting effects on the environment, such as throwing a toy out of the crib and enjoying their parents' reaction. Therefore, Anna is in the secondary circular reactions stage.

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