People expect whales to be fish because they live in the sea. The recognition that whales are mammals requires a(n) __________ of existing schemas.

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Accommodation is the process of adjusting one's existing schemas to incorporate new information or experiences that do not fit within those schemas. In this case, people's existing schema for animals that live in the sea is most likely "fish," but discovering that whales are actually mammals would require an adjustment or accommodation of that schema.

People Expect Whales to Be Fish Because They Live in the Sea