Until He Went to the Zoo, 2-Year-Old David's Schema for a Cat

question 48

Multiple Choice

Until he went to the zoo, 2-year-old David's schema for a cat was a small, furry animal that purred. When a lion roared at the zoo, David's dad said, "Listen to that big cat." The complexity of David's schema for cats increased, BEST illustrating what Piaget called _____.

• A) accommodation
• B) assimilation
• C) expansion
• D) reorganization

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