Susan is a young child and she happens to know that fish swim.One day at the zoo,Susan sees a penguin swimming in a pool.Susan turns to her mother and says,"Look,the black-and-white fish is swimming!" The fact that Susan calls the penguin a fish best illustrates:

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The fact that Susan calls the penguin a fish shows that she is trying to fit the penguin into her existing schema of a fish, which is the process of assimilation. Susan is not completely restructuring her schema to fit the penguin, which would be the process of accommodation. Egocentric thinking and object permanence are not relevant to this situation.

Susan Is a Young Child and She Happens to Know