Which of the Following Examples Best Illustrates Piaget's Concept of Assimilation

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples best illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation?

• A) A person who quits the baseball team after learning that you must wear extremely tight, nylon pants.
• B) A child who changes her scheme of "all snakes are poisonous and deadly" after easily surviving a bite from a common grass snake.
• C) A woman who, after being stuck on an elevator, decides that all cable-driven devices are unsafe.
• D) A student who learns that opossums can hang from tree branches by their tail and therefore adds opossums to her scheme of animals with prehensile tails.

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Definitions:

Essential Core Functions

Fundamental activities or duties that are necessary for an organization or system to operate effectively and achieve its objectives.

Outsource

The practice of hiring third-party vendors to perform tasks, handle operations or provide services that are either difficult to manage or outside of a company's core competencies.

Support Functions

The various back-office activities and services that help an organization run smoothly, such as IT, HR, and finance.

Team Structure

The arrangement and organization of a group of individuals working together towards a common goal, defining roles, responsibilities, and the hierarchy.