Sally has a dog at home so she knows about dogs. She is walking down the street and sees an animal walking toward her. The animal has four legs, fur, and a tail. Sally knows that these are characteristics of dogs. But the animal coming toward her is meowing, not barking. Sally's mom tells her that the animal is a cat. Now when Sally sees an animal with four legs, a tail, and fur she will conclude it is a dog if it barks and a cat if it meows, illustrating _____.

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Sally needed to change her existing schema, which classified all animals with four legs, a tail, and fur as dogs, to include cats. This process is known as accommodation.

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