David's mother corrects him and explains that cats are different from dogs because they meow,have claws,and have long whiskers.David now sees a cat and says "kitty." This is an example of

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Accommodation is the process of creating new mental schemas to fit new experiences or information that cannot be assimilated into existing schemas. In this case, David previously thought all four-legged animals were dogs (assimilation), but his mother corrected him and gave him new information about what distinguishes cats from dogs. Therefore, when he saw a cat, he needed to adjust his schema to include the new information (meowing, clawed, long whiskers) that he learned from his mother, which is an example of accommodation.

David's Mother Corrects Him and Explains That Cats Are Different