Question

While being dressed for bed, 7-month-old Darnell picked up new baby’s comb that his mother just bought for him. Darnell had never seen this before and didn’t know how it was used, so he tried to put it in his mouth. Piaget might say that Darnell was:_______.
a) assimilating the comb into his existing schemes.
b) accommodating the comb into his existing schemes.
c) adapting the comb into his exiting schemes.
d) adapting the comb with Substage.

Answer 1

Answer:

a)

Explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this scenario Piaget might say that Darnell was assimilating the comb into his existing schemes. Meaning that Darnell was using the what he knows about other things to determine what the comb is/does. Such as using his senses, which in this case he decided to taste the comb.