primary+circular+reactions

= = toc = 1375737053 = = __Definition__: = Piaget's phrase to describes a baby's simple repetitive actions in substage two of the sensorimotor stage, organized around the baby's own body. HGD Chapter 5, p.109

= __Examples__: = A baby may accidentally suck his thumb one day, find it pleasurable, and repeat his action.

= __Analogies__: = You eat an ice cream cone on a summer day and find pleasurable relief in the heat of the day. The next summer day that you find uncomfortably hot, you therefore find yourself wanting an ice cream cone as relief again.

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