Practice mode Psychology

A child in Piaget’s preoperational stage is handed a toy and tries to eat it. What is the child demonstrating?

Correct answer D. Assimilation

Explanation

Assimilation means fitting a new object into an existing schema; the child treats the toy as something to eat, using a schema it already has.

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