Which of the following individuals is using accommodation?
A) Ying has come to understand that a piano is a type of percussion instrument.
B) Jordan has come to understand that a tomato is a type of fruit.
C) Mohamed has come to understand that a duck-billed platypus is a type of mammal.
D) Jeremy has come to understand that a koala is not actually a member of the bear family but is a marsupial.

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Jeremy has come to understand that a koala is not actually a member of the bear family but is a marsupial. This is an example of accommodation, where Jeremy has revised his understanding or schema about the koala to better fit with new information. The other answer choices involve assimilation, where individuals fit new information into existing schemas (for example, classifying a tomato as a fruit because it fits with the existing schema of what a fruit is).

Which of the Following Individuals Is Using Accommodation