A child who knows only sparrows calls a crow a bird, fitting it into an existing idea unchanged. Which process is this?
AAccommodation
BHabituation
CImprinting
DAssimilation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Assimilation
1. New information is integrated into the existing framework without altering it.
2. Accommodation would change the framework itself.
3. So it is assimilation.
_Source: Wikipedia, Constructivism (philosophy of education), section Overview_
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