Mary and Eric are outside playing one day when Eric looks up and asks,"What's that big bright ball in the sky?" Mary replies that it is the sun.That night,Eric looks out his bedroom window and sees a big,bright ball in the sky."Look,Mary,it is the sun!" he exclaims.This example shows that Eric has used ________ for his new knowledge.
A) centration
B) egocentrism
C) assimilation
D) accommodation

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Eric has used assimilation, which is the process of incorporating new information into existing cognitive schemas, even if it doesn't exactly fit. In this case, Eric sees a bright object in the sky at night and assumes it's the sun because it fits his existing understanding of what a bright object in the sky could be, without modifying his schema to include the concept of the moon.

Mary and Eric Are Outside Playing One Day When Eric