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Dr. Grayson, a health psychologist, conducts a study examining whether people eat more when they are exposed to pictures of food than when they are not exposed to pictures of food. She goes to a fast-food restaurant in downtown Chicago that has pictures of menu items on its menu board and measures the amount of food ordered during the lunch rush (11:30a.m.-1:30 p.m.) on Tuesday. On Thursday, she does the same thing but at a fast-food restaurant that does not have pictures on its menu board (about two blocks away from the first restaurant) . She finds that the restaurant with pictures of food sells more food than the restaurant that does not have pictures.
Dr) Grayson wants to conduct her study again, but this time she wants to conduct it in her laboratory. She wants people to feel and act the same way in her laboratory that they would when facing ordering choices in an actual fast-food restaurant. To this end, she must try to enhance which of the following?

Definitions:

Piaget's Cognitive Development

A theory by Jean Piaget that outlines how children's cognitive abilities develop through four stages from infancy to adolescence, emphasizing the construction of understanding through interactions with the environment.

Assimilation

The cognitive process of fitting new information into pre-existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding.

Accommodation

The process of adjusting or adapting cognitive frameworks or behaviors to better align with external realities or requirements.

Cattell's Fluid

Refers to one aspect of Raymond Cattell's theory of intelligence, describing the capacity to solve novel problems, independent of acquired knowledge.