Paul knew what a bird and a squirrel was. Then he saw a flying squirrel for the first time in his life. He yelled, look at that bird. This is an example of:
a. accommodation
b. assimilation
c. disequilibrium
d. zone of proximal development
Question 2
A child has built a large block structure in his Head Start center. He now places two blocks upright and tries to make a bridge across them using a third block. He selects a block of the wrong length to make the bridge, however, and his structure topples. He tries again and again with this block, always getting the same result. A teacher moves over to him and says, What if you tried a different block? Which block would be the right length? The child thinks about this question, selects a longer block, and successfully completes the bridge. This is a good example of a teacher intervening:
a. through the use of cognitive dissonance.
b. to facilitate accommodation when concepts are beyond the child's level of mastery.
c. too quickly, thus depriving a child of an opportunity for internal construction.
d. within the zone of proximal development.
Douglas Squirrel
Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevosti) of the Callosciurini
Male mandarin duck flying in Dublin, Ireland
Kiwi Bird
Hungry bird
Paul Strand, Abstraction, Porch Shadows.