Janis sees a bat flying over the lake and says, "Birdie"! Her mother says, "That flies like a bird, Janis, but that is a bat." Janis begins pointing saying, "Bat! Bat! Bat!" Piaget would say that this is an example of:

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This is an example of accommodation, where Janis adjusts her understanding to incorporate the new information that bats are different from birds, changing her schema to include bats as a separate category.

Janis Sees a Bat Flying Over the Lake and Says