Jean Piaget’s theory based on in cognitive stage during infancyis called sensorimotor stage which he breaks down in six differentsubstages. The first substage is simple reflexes which happensduring the first month of life. The example or textbook gives us isthe sucking reflex. This reflex causes an infant to suck onanything placed on his or her lips (Feldman, 2015, p. 114-115). Orthe infant may start to change the way he/she sucks on the nippleduring this reflex stage. The second stage is known as first habitsand primary circular reactions which occurs from 1 to 4months.“During this stage infant begin to coordinate what were separateactions into single, integrated activities.” (Feldman, 2015,p.115). An example during this stage is when an infant begins tograb onto an object and starts to suck on it. Or an infant maystare at something else while touching the object. The third stageis secondary circular reactions which happens 4 to 8 months oflife. The child begins to act upon the outside world. The examplegiven of this stage is when an infant picks up a rattle in her criband shakes it in different ways to see how the sound changes isdemonstrating her ability to modify her cognitive scheme aboutshaking rattles. (Feldman, 2015, p.114). The fourth stage is knownas coordination of secondary circular reactions which happensduring 8 to 12 months of life. During this stage the infant beingsto use more calculated approaches to producing events, coordinatingseveral schemes to generate a single act. (Feldman, 2015, p.114).An example is an infant pushing a toy out of the way to try andreach for another toy that is halfway exposed and under it. Thefifth stage is known as tertiary circular reactions which happens12 to18 months of life. During this stage infant develop what JeanPiaget believed to be the deliberate variations of actions thatbring desirable consequences. They may begin to conduct their ownmini experiments just to observe the consequence. (Feldman, 2015,p.114). An infant may start dropping a toy just to see where itwould land every time. And the last stage is known as beginnings ofthought which happens during 18 t 2 years of life. This is where aninfant begins to display mental representation or symbolic thought.(Feldman, 2015, p.114). Children can begin to plot in their headsby rolling a ball under a piece of furniture knowing exactly wherethe ball will emerge on the other side. Assimilation is the processin which people understand an experience in terms of their currentstage of cognitive development and way of thinking. An example ofthis is when an infant tries to suck on any toy assimilating theobjects if her existing sucking scheme. (Feldman, 2015, p.113).Accommodation changes in the existing ways of thinking that occurin response to encounters with new stimuli or events. An example ofthis is when a child sees a flying squirrel and thinks it is a birdwith a tail they being to accommodate new knowledge. (Feldman,2015, p.113). Scheme is an organized patterns of functioning thatadapt and change with mental functioning. An example of this isgiving a baby a cloth book and they will begin to touch, mouth it,maybe tear it or bang it on the floor.

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