Dana is looking at a school bus for the first time and mistakenly calls it a truck.Her mother corrects her,point out the yellow colour and all the windows.As a result,Dana's idea of a truck is now a bit different.What process of acquiring knowledge would Piaget call this?
A) assimilation
B) accommodation
C) equilibrium
D) schematic reorganization

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Piaget would call this process accommodation, which refers to the modification or adjustment of existing schemas (mental models) to incorporate new information or experiences. In this case, Dana had an existing schema for trucks, which she applied to the school bus initially, but then had to modify it after learning new information about the bus's characteristics.

Dana Is Looking at a School Bus for the First