Jay looked up in the sky and saw a plane. He then said, "Look at that bird!"This is an example of
A) schematic knowledge.
B) assimilation.
C) accommodation.
D) concept formation.
E) adaptation.

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Jay is using assimilation by incorporating the new information (seeing a plane) into an existing schema (for birds), rather than adjusting his schema to fit the new information.

Jay Looked Up in the Sky and Saw a Plane