When Genevieve, was about 12 months old, she had just learned the word "ball." One night she looked up, pointed to the moon and delightedly observed, "Ball!" This is an example of
A) assimilation
B) accommodation
C) schema acquisition
D) language detection

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This is an example of assimilation because Genevieve is using her existing schema of "ball" to describe the moon. She is assimilating the concept of "moon" into her existing schema for "ball."

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