The Only Four-Legged Creatures That Amy Has Seen So Far

question 136

Multiple Choice

The only four-legged creatures that Amy has seen so far in her life have been cats.She sees a dog for the first time and assumes that it is also a cat.Amy has just engaged in the process of ____.

• A) assimilation
• B) accommodation
• C) conservation
• D) metacognition

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the brain located beneath the temples, crucial for processing sensory input and involved in memory, emotion, and language.

Memory

The cognitive function that allows individuals to store, retain, and recall information and past experiences.

Basal Ganglia

A group of nuclei in the brain associated with a variety of functions, including control of voluntary motor movements, procedural learning, and cognitive, emotional functions.

Common Factors

Numbers that are factors of two or more given numbers, shared equally among them.