Little Nels has the concept that creatures that fly are "birds." Upon seeing a butterfly, he calls it a bird. His mother says, "No, that is a butterfly." She is trying to get Nels to engage in
A) assimilation.
B) conservation.
C) concrete operations.
D) accommodation.

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Nels needs to modify his existing schema of "birds" to include creatures that do not necessarily have feathers and fly in a specific way. This process is called accommodation, where new information is integrated into an existing schema by modifying it.

Little Nels Has the Concept That Creatures That Fly Are