Baby Denisha learned to call her family's dog a "woof woof." Her parents were surprised when she pointed to a cow and said,"Woof woof!" Jean Piaget would say that Denisha was making use of the process of:

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Assimilation is a process in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals incorporate new information into their existing schemas or mental models. In this case, Denisha had already formed the schema of "woof woof" for the family dog, and when she saw the cow, she assimilated it into the same schema without accommodating or adjusting her mental model. Therefore, she called the cow "woof woof," even though it was a different animal.

Baby Denisha Learned to Call Her Family's Dog a "Woof