During __________,children use their current schemes to interpret the external world,whereas in __________,children create new schemes or adjust old ones after noticing that their current ways of thinking do not capture the environment completely.
A)assimilation;accommodation
B)equilibration;disequilibration
C)adaptation;organization
D)accommodation;assimilation

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Assimilation is the process of interpreting new experiences in terms of existing mental structures, or schemes. In other words, children use their current schemes to make sense of the world around them. Accommodation, on the other hand, involves adjusting existing mental structures to fit new experiences. Children create new schemes or adjust old ones after realizing that their current ways of thinking do not fully explain the environment. So, A is the correct answer.

During __________,Children Use Their Current Schemes to Interpret the External