Janis sees a bat flying over the lake and says,"Birdie"! Her mother says,"That flies like a bird,Janis,but that is a bat." Janis begins pointing saying,"Bat! Bat! Bat!" Piaget would say that this is an example of

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development states that children go through stages of mental development and that they constantly adapt and adjust their schemas (mental frameworks) to fit new experiences. Accommodation is the process of modifying existing schemas to fit new experiences, and this is exactly what Janis is doing when she points out that the bat is not a bird. She is modifying her existing schema of "things that fly" to include bats as a new category. This is a clear example of accommodation.

Janis Sees a Bat Flying Over the Lake and Says,"Birdie"!