Two-year-old Alex and his mother visited the zoo.While they were there,Alex's mother took him to see the otter exhibit.When he saw an otter swimming rapidly,he pointed and said,"A fish." In the context of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development,what is Alex demonstrating?

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Alex is demonstrating assimilation, which is when a child incorporates new information into existing cognitive schemas. In this case, Alex is using his existing schema for "fish" to categorize the otter, which he perceives as similar.

Two-Year-Old Alex and His Mother Visited the Zoo