alleryIn Piaget's first stage, infants learn about the world mainly through:
AWords and sentences
BSenses and motor actions
CSymbols and pretend play
DLogic and hypotheses
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Senses and motor actions
1. The first stage is the sensorimotor stage, from birth to about 2 years.
2. Infants touch, look, listen, mouth and grasp objects.
3. Piaget said these sensory and motor actions are how they come to know the world, hence the name *sensorimotor*.
**Why not the others:** Symbols and pretend play mark the preoperational stage; logic and hypotheses come much later.
_Source: Seifert and Sutton, Educational Psychology, 2nd ed. (2009, CC BY 3.0), Ch 3, section "The sensorimotor stage: birth to age 2", p. 47_
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