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mckennatimberlake

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Kayla sees a dolphin on television. At first she thinks it's a fish because it is swimming in the ocean. Then she sees that it must come to the surface to breathe. Kayla begins to form a new schema representing this new information. Which cognitive mechanism would Piaget say Kayla is using?
 
  a. accommodation
  b. disequilibration
  c. assimilation
  d. equilibration

Question 2

These cognitive frameworks provide a way to understand and organize new knowledge.
 
  a. critical periods
  b. schemas
  c. language acquisition devices
  d. scaffolds


FergA

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


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