Hazel got a puppy. She knows that puppies are animals. Her next-door neighbor has a cat. Hazel's mother tells her that both puppies and cats are animals. As a result, Hazel changes her scheme of animals to include cats. Changing a scheme to incorporate new information is called

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Shaun Bernard

26 January, 04:56

Hazel got a puppy. She knows that puppies are animals. Her next-door neighbor has a cat. Hazel's mother tells her that both puppies and cats are animals. As a result, Hazel changes her scheme of animals to include cats. Changing a scheme to incorporate new information is called

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Caitlyn Hopkins · Answer 1

accomodation

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Jean Piaget developed the term accommodation. Accommodation is a process by which the new information is added or is modified in the mind of the individual. The set of knowledge or information stored in the mind gets modified when new information is added to it. The new information is fitted in the existing knowledge. In the above case, Hazel is incorporating the new information in her pre-existing knowledge.