Nathan, who is three years old, tried to feed a cookie to his sister's hamster and was surprised when the hamster refused to eat the cookie. Because Nathan assumed that hamsters like the same kinds of food as little kids, his schema for hamsters needs to be ____, according to Piaget.?
a. ?expanded
b. ?organized
c. ?assimilated
d. ?accommodated
ANSWER:
d
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