Three-year-old Alec and his father visited the zoo.While there, Alec's mother took him to see the squirrel exhibit.Alec saw many different types of squirrels, but when he saw a flying squirrel glide from one branch to the next, he pointed and said, "Look, daddy! Bird." Considering Piaget's work, Alec is demonstrating an example of ___________.

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Alec is using assimilation by incorporating the new information of a gliding animal into his existing schema or mental representation of a bird.

Three-Year-Old Alec and His Father Visited the Zoo