A two-year-old child has a pet dog named Sophie. The child visits her neighbor and sees the neighbor's pet dog. Even though the neighbor's dog is larger and of a different color, the child points to it and calls it a dog. Which of Piaget's cognitive processes is the child demonstrating?

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The child is demonstrating assimilation by applying their existing knowledge and schema of what a dog is to the neighbor's pet dog, despite its differences in size and color.

A Two-Year-Old Child Has a Pet Dog Named Sophie