Eighteen-month-old Mickey is visiting a theme park for the first time. At the park, he sees some zebras, an animal with which he is unfamiliar. Despite this, he looks at the animals and shouts, "Look! Horse!" He had previously formed a mental schema for horses. Piaget would say that Mickey's reaction best demonstrates the concept of

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Mickey is exhibiting assimilation, which is the process of incorporating new information into an existing schema. In this case, Mickey's schema for horses is being applied to zebras.

Eighteen-Month-Old Mickey Is Visiting a Theme Park for the First