Baby Denisha learned to call her family's dog a "woof woof." Her parents were surprised when she pointed to a cow and said "woof woof." Jean Piaget would say that Denisha was making use of the process of:

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Denisha is using the process of assimilation, which is when she uses her existing schema (knowledge about dogs) to try and make sense of a new object (cow). In this case, she is assimilating the cow into her existing schema for dogs and calling it a "woof woof". This is a common behavior in young children who are still developing their cognitive abilities.

Baby Denisha Learned to Call Her Family's Dog a "Woof