The first time that 3-year-old Sarah saw her older brother play a flute, she thought it was simply a large whistle. Sarah's initial understanding of the flute best illustrates the process of A) assimilation. B) conservation. C) accommodation. D) maturation.

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Eden Madden

5 November, 01:16

The first time that 3-year-old Sarah saw her older brother play a flute, she thought it was simply a large whistle. Sarah's initial understanding of the flute best illustrates the process of A) assimilation. B) conservation. C) accommodation. D) maturation.

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Keith Reid · Answer 1

Answer:Assimilation

Explanation:Assimilation refers to how one takes in the new information by relating it to what they already know. In this process a person may adjust the information so that it fits with their ptexisting ideas or beliefs.

It is responsible for how we learn and understand our surrounding environment.

In early childhood, children are constantly assimilating new information and relating everything they learn to what they already know just like three year old Sara, she has probably learned before that something that whistles is a whistle so when she hears a flute she relates it sound to what she already knows, which is the fact that something which makes a whistle sound is a whistle.