Nolan Has a Scheme for Throwing Baseballs That He Can

question 132

Multiple Choice

Nolan has a scheme for throwing baseballs that he can apply successfully to throwing small rocks or other types of balls. This successful application would best be described as

• A) assimilation.
• B) animism.
• C) accommodation.
• D) egocentrism.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Process

The series of mental activities involved in understanding, processing, storing, and retrieving information.

Piaget

A Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development, specifically for his theory of cognitive development that describes how children develop intellectual abilities.

Accommodation

A concept in psychology referring to the process of adjusting one’s schemas to incorporate new experiences.

Equilibration

The process in developmental psychology where individuals balance assimilation and accommodation to create stable understanding.