A Child Who Has Had an Unpleasant Experience with Dogs

question 73

Multiple Choice

A child who has had an unpleasant experience with dogs and who believes that dogs are mean walks down the street and encounters a dog that wags its tail at her. The child interprets the dog's behavior as threatening and runs away. Later, when she describes the dog to her parents and how it wagged its tail, the parents explain that this is a friendly response in dogs. Thus, the child begins to ____________ by changing what she believes about dogs.

• A) organize
• B) assimilate
• C) accommodate
• D) equilibrate

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Definitions:

Nitro Group

A nitro group is a functional group consisting of a nitrogen atom bonded to two oxygen atoms (−NO2), often contributing to the reactivity of a molecule.

O,p-director

Refers to substituents on an aromatic ring that direct incoming substituents to the ortho and para positions relative to themselves during electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.

Meta Sigma Complex

A term that is not commonly defined in the field of chemistry, indicating a potential misunderstanding or mislabeling of a concept. NO.

Phenyl Substituent

A functional group consisting of a benzene ring directly attached to the core structure of a molecule, influencing its chemical behavior.