When a very small dog licks 2-year-old Abby's hand, Abby calls the animal a cat because her framework of knowledge about cats relates to small animals and her framework of knowledge about dogs relates to bigger animals. Her retrieval of the label "cat" was MOST clearly influenced by which of the following?

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Abby's retrieval of the label "cat" was influenced by an existing schema, which is a framework of knowledge that organizes and interprets information. In this case, Abby's schema for cats included small animals, and since the dog was small, it fit that framework better than her schema for dogs, which included bigger animals.

When a Very Small Dog Licks 2-Year-Old Abby's Hand, Abby