alleryA child learns that bats are mammals, not birds, and revises her mental category of animals. Which process is this?
AAssimilation
BAccommodation
CConditioning
DImprinting
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Accommodation
1. She adjusts her mental representation to fit a new experience.
2. Assimilation would keep the framework unchanged.
3. So it is accommodation.
_Source: Wikipedia, Constructivism (philosophy of education), section Overview_
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