A 3-year-old loves sports.Her mom recently taught her how to catch a big beach ball and her dad is now teaching her how to catch a small tennis ball.At first,she tries to "surround" the tennis ball with her arms,the way she did the beach ball.Slowly,she learns to use just her hands.Which Piagetian concept best captures the girl's attempt to restructure her scheme?

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Accommodation is the Piagetian concept that refers to the process of adapting existing mental schemes (assimilation) to fit new information that does not fit within those schemes. The girl's attempt to restructure her scheme of catching a small tennis ball by using just her hands instead of surrounding it with her arms demonstrates accommodation.

A 3-Year-Old Loves Sports