A young child who mistakes a plane flying high in the sky for a very small bird is demonstrating which Piagetian process?

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The child is demonstrating assimilation, which is the process of incorporating new information into existing cognitive schemas, even if it does not exactly fit. In this case, the child sees something flying and incorporates it into their existing schema of "bird," even though it is actually a plane.

A Young Child Who Mistakes a Plane Flying High in the Sky