Multiple Choice
Which of the following reasons led to the criticism of Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
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10. Developmental Psychology
Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory
Multiple Choice
Which of the following examples best represents Piaget's notion of assimilation?
A
A child sees a zebra for the first time and calls it a horse, using their existing schema for horses.
B
A child is surprised when a ball sinks in water and changes their understanding of floating objects.
C
A child learns that not all four-legged animals are dogs and creates a new schema for cats.
D
A child realizes that some birds cannot fly and adjusts their bird schema to include flightless birds.
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Understand Piaget's concept of assimilation: it occurs when a person incorporates new information into existing schemas without changing the schema itself.
Identify the key feature of assimilation in the examples: the child uses an existing schema to interpret new information, rather than modifying or creating a new schema.
Examine the example where a child sees a zebra for the first time and calls it a horse; here, the child is applying their existing 'horse' schema to a new but similar animal.
Contrast this with examples involving schema modification or creation, which represent accommodation, not assimilation.
Conclude that the example where the child calls a zebra a horse best illustrates assimilation because the child is fitting new information into an existing framework without changing it.
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