Ms. Hernandez is working with 4-year-old Peter, who is afraid of the dark
He believes monsters come out at night like he has seen on TV. Ms. Hernandez patiently explains that there are no real monsters, but to no avail. Peter still refuses to go to sleep. What Piagetian idea helps to explain why Peter does not understand the truth about the unreality of TV monsters?
a. Peter assimilates the information that monsters are not real and accommodates the true information into his schema about monsters.
b. Peter fails to assimilate the idea that monsters are not real.
c. Peter may assimilate the information about monsters, but he lacks the knowledge structures needed to accommodate the new information into his existing framework.
d. Peter accommodates the information that monsters are not real but fails to assimilate it into his existing schema about monsters.
c
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