Question

When a child sees a zebra for the first time and calls it a "striped horse," what process is at work?

• A. Equilibration
• B. Accommodation
• C. Assimilation
• D. Disequilibrium

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Assimilation

• The child incorporates the new experience of a zebra into their existing schema of a horse, demonstrating assimilation.