Millie is only 14 months of age, but has already started using some basic word like "mama," "dada," and "kitty." When her parents take her to the zoo, she points to the goats who are being fed by other children, and yells, "KITTY!" The fact that she is lumping a new animal into her existing schema of a kitty demonstrates
A) irreversibility.
B) assimilation.
C) accommodation.
D) egocentrism.

Question

Millie is only 14 months of age, but has already started using some basic word like "mama," "dada," and "kitty." When her parents take her to the zoo, she points to the goats who are being fed by other children, and yells, "KITTY!" The fact that she is lumping a new animal into her existing schema of a kitty demonstrates
A) ​irreversibility.
B) ​assimilation.
C) ​accommodation.
D) ​egocentrism.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Millie's use of the word "kitty" to refer to goats (which are not cats) shows that she is assimilating this new information into her existing schema for cats.

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