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comparative more planful, superlative most planful
Having (many) plans. examples
(psychology) Intentional. quotations
Is an infant who delights in such repetitive actions as swatting a brightly colored mobile or making a toy duck quack engaging in planful or intentional behavior? Piaget said no: the secondary circular reaction is not a fully intentional response, because the interesting result it produces was discovered by chance and was not a purposeful goal the first time the action was performed.
2013, David R. Shaffer, Katherine Kipp, Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence, page 207