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When Sonia hears tomatoes referred to as a fruit she is confused since she had always thought to them as a vegetable. She then goes to the library and checks out a book on the classification of various plants to see just how scientists classify them and why. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, this student is
 
  a. attempting to assimilate new information into existing schemes.
  b. engaging in the process of equilibration.
  c. smarter than the average student.
  d. In the process of formulating an achievement identity

Question 2

A student is told by his science teacher that toads are not reptiles, as the student had originally thought. The student checks an animal taxonomy (classification) book out of the library in order to determine exactly what toads are, if not reptiles. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, this student is attempting to
 
  a. increase the disequilibrium caused by his science teacher.
  b. reorganize his scheme of animal systems.
  c. create a dichotomy in his understanding of animal life.
  d. enhance the discrepancy between the old and new perceptions of what it is to be a toad.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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