Multiple choice

According to Piaget, infants in the sensorimotor thought stage cannot _________.

  1. use sensory impressions to understand the world

  2. use motor action to understand the world

  3. form symbolic representations to understand the world

  4. display reflexes during the first month after birth

  5. infants in the sensorimotor stage can do all of these above things
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Infants develop the ability to use primitive symbols and form enduring mental representations. This stage is associated primarily with the beginnings of Insight or true creativity. This marks the passage into the preoperational stage.

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