Nora took her young son Alfred to the zoo,where he pointed to a zebra and said,"Look,Mommy,a horse!" Nora replied,"That is not a horse;that is a zebra.See,it has black and white stripes." Alfred then replied,"Wow! Look at the striped zebra!" In this situation,Henry's development of a zebra schema required
A) assimilation.
B) accommodation.
C) conservation.
D) object permanence.

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Alfred's development of a zebra schema required accommodation because he had to adjust his existing schema for a horse to include new information that distinguishes a zebra (the black and white stripes) from a horse.

Nora Took Her Young Son Alfred to the Zoo,where He