When a baby accidentally discovers an interesting sensory or motor experi?ence related to its own body, enjoys it, and later repeats it, we call this a tertiary circular reaction.

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This describes a primary circular reaction, which involves the repetition of an action that initially occurred by chance and that the baby finds pleasurable, typically involving their own body. Tertiary circular reactions, on the other hand, involve the purposeful experimentation with different actions to observe outcomes and occur in a later developmental stage.

When a Baby Accidentally Discovers an Interesting Sensory or Motor