Before Four-Year-Old Pat Rode a Tricycle, Pat Believed It Was

question 75

Multiple Choice

Before four-year-old Pat rode a tricycle, Pat believed it was the wind that caused tricycles to move. When Pat rode a tricycle for the first time, Pat discovered it was peddling that moved the tricycle. Pat changed his schema about how tricycles move through the process of ________________.

• A)assimilation
• B)concrete operations
• C)formal operations
• D)accommodation

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