A young child driving past a farm sees a cow and says, "Doggie!" the older sibling, who used to do the same thing when they were the same age, informs the child that this isn't a dog but is actually a cow. In fitting the cow into a pre-existing schema, the child shows that indicates using the process of ____________. Because the sibling was able to modify their schemas and create a new one for cows, the sibling is demonstrating the use of _______________.

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The child is using assimilation by incorporating the cow into an existing schema (that for dogs), while the older sibling demonstrates accommodation by adjusting their schema to differentiate cows from dogs.

A Young Child Driving Past a Farm Sees a Cow