Imagine a child learns the schema for a dog. Later, she sees a cat and calls it a dog. This is an example of ___.

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Imagine a child learns the schema for a dog.  Later, she sees a cat and calls it a dog.  This is an example of ___.

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The prompt presents a child who has learned the schema for a dog and then encounters a cat, labeling it as a dog. This situation requires us to identify which Piagetian term best fits.
Option 1: conservation. This concept refers to understanding that quantity or amount remains the same despite changes in appearance (for example, pouring liquid between glasses). It does not describe the mislabeling of categories or the use of an existing schema for a new, similar object, so this choice is incorrect here.
Option 2: assimilation. This is the process of fitting new information into preexisting schemas. In this case, the child uses the dog schema to classify the cat, which aligns with assimilation: applying an existing framework to a new but related object without changing the schema.
Option 3: maturation. Maturation concerns the biological growth and development over time, not the cognitive process of categorizing objects. Therefore, this option does not explain the described behavior.
Option 4: accommodation. Accommodation involves altering or creating new schemas in response to new information that doesn’t fit existing schemas. Since the child did not adjust her dog schema to differentiate cats from dogs, but instead reused it, accommodation does not describe this scenario.
In summary, the behavior best matches assimilation, where the child applies an established dog schema to a cat, rather than creating a new category or modifying the existing one. The other options address different cognitive or developmental concepts that do not explain this specific instance of misclassification.

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Imagine a child learns the schema for a dog. Later, she sees a cat and calls it a dog. This is an example of ___.

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