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brilliants [131]
3 years ago
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Jonas's parents taught him that animals that say "woof" and have fur, a tail, and four legs are called "dogs." He saw a new anim

al and thought it was a dog until it "meowed." Jonas's parents told him it was a "cat." Jonas could now distinguish between dog and cat depending on the sound the animal made. This revision of Jonas's schema of a "dog" BEST illustrates:______
A. Assimilation.
B. Accommodation.
C. Infantile amnesia.
D. Object permanence.
Social Studies
1 answer:
34kurt3 years ago
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Answer:B. Accommodation

Explanation:

Jonas was told that an animal with fur is a dog so when he sees the cat for the first time, the first thing that comes to mind is a dog however when the cat makes a "meowed"sound , based on sound differences he could see this wasn't a dog and his parents told him that this is a cat.

Now he has to modify his schema to accommodate this new information

A schema is an organized knowlegde restored in our memory, the organization of information is crucial to understand and make sense of the world around us.

This is what accomodation is , we don't alter our schema but we modify it so that we can accommodate the new Information that we have learnt

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