When monica was born, she showed the typical grasping reflex by closing her fingers around anything that brushed against her palm. after a few weeks, she showed this grasping behavior even when nothing touched her palm. monica developed a or a scheme based on a reflex that became completely separated from its eliciting stimulus.

The answer to the blank space is habit. The concept explained in the question refers to Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory, where infants until the age of two years would develop various cognitive growth through interacting with the environment.

There are six sub stages in this development stage – from reflexes (0-1 month), primary circular reactions (1-4 months), secondary circular reactions (4-8 months), coordination of reactions (8-12 months), tertiary circular reactions (12-18 months), and early representational thought (18-24 months).

accelerated heartbeat, raise in blood pressure, slow in digestion, raise in blood sugar and perspiration. (myers' psychology for ap 2nd edition pg 87)

like many students at university, you may be unhappy about the results you attain in exams. you may feel that even with all you are doing there must be something more -- or different-- you could be doing to get better grades. we have all at some time or other heard of that student who only studies a couple of hours for final exams and scores a's every time. we stand in awe of those who seem to breeze through without undue effort and seem to need very little in the way of studying to nail an exam. the reasons for success, in what i think are the vast majority of cases, are less esoteric than many students think: successful students consistently apply a series of productive strategies with view to attaining clearly identified learning and grade goals throughout the academic term.