Isabel,who just had her first birthday,sees a butterfly and exclaims,"Bird!" "No,that's a butterfly," says her grandmother.The next time Isabel sees a butterfly,she says,"Butterfly!" According to Piaget,Isabel has just shown:
A)habituation.
B)concrete operations.
C)assimilation.
D)accommodation.

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Isabel's initial response of calling the butterfly a bird shows her attempt to assimilate the new information (butterfly) into an existing schema (bird). However, when her grandmother corrects her, Isabel adjusts her schema by creating a new category for the butterfly, demonstrating accommodation.

Isabel,who Just Had Her First Birthday,sees a Butterfly and Exclaims,"Bird!