Which of the following examples best represents Piaget's notion of assimilation?
◦ A child sees a new breed of dog and asks his Mom, "What's that?" She says, "That's a dog just like ours, except he is taller and has curly hair." The child points to the dog and says, "Doggie."
◦ Growing up, your parents taught you that people with tattoos were dangerous and mean. You went to college and make a number of friends who had tattoos, causing you to change the way you think about people with tattoos.
◦ Gerard lived in New York his entire life and then moved to attend college in Arkansas. His beliefs about the people in Arkansas changed significantly during those years.
◦ Sandra believed that all four-legged animals on a farm were called "cows" until she visited a farm on a preschool trip and discovered that horses were different from cows because they do not provide milk to farmers.