A Child Believes That Any Object That Flies Is a Bird

question 46

Multiple Choice

A child believes that any object that flies is a bird based on a past experience that the "birdie is in the sky." He now calls airplanes and hot air balloons "birdies." This would be an example of ________.

• A) accommodation
• B) assimilation
• C) priming
• D) equilibration

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Definitions:

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