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
