Piaget's Substages Of Cognitive Development

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Although I was that normally baby W was a very mobile and would stand with adults help and crawl all over the place, he did not do this when I was there. The only time he really crawled anywhere was for a toy about 2 feet away from him on a mat on the floor. This toy happened to be a little piano. He seemed to enjoy this toy because of the light and sound that would make. According to Piaget’s Substages of Cognitive Development, W would be in coordination of secondary circular reaction. -“Infants can perform a serious of actions that have been performed in previous substages. They understand that certain actions cause certain consequences (in this case pushing a certain button made a light and sound come out). So they engaged in goal directed

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