Question

one - year - old ainsley learned the schema for trucks because his family has a truck. when ainsley sees cars driving on television, she says, \look mommy, truck!\ this exemplifies ______. a egocentrism b centration c assimilation d accommodation

Explanation:

• Egocentrism: Refers to a child's inability to see a situation from another person's point of view. This is not related to the example as it's about categorizing objects, not perspective - taking.
• Centration: Involves focusing on one aspect of a situation and ignoring others. The example is not about focusing on a single feature of an object while ignoring others.
• Assimilation: Piaget's concept where new information is incorporated into existing schemas. Ainsley has a schema for "truck" (from her family's truck) and tries to fit the new information (cars) into that existing schema by calling cars "truck".
• Accommodation: Piaget's concept where existing schemas are modified to fit new information. Here, Ainsley is not modifying her schema for "truck" but rather mis - applying it (assimilating), so accommodation is not the case.

Answer:

C. assimilation