Kayla sees a dolphin on television. At first she thinks it's a fish because it is swimming in the ocean. Then she sees that it must come to the surface to breathe. Kayla begins to form a new schema representing this new information. Which cognitive mechanism would Piaget say Kayla is using?
a. accommodation
b. disequilibration
c. assimilation
d. equilibration
A
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a. process maps. b. concept maps. c. Cornell notes. d. text structure organizers.
People who can read but choose not to are:
a. alliterates. b. emergent readers. c. illiterates. d. None of the above.
Brain injury, brain abnormalities, hereditary influences, and family influences are possible functions of which of the following?
a. ADHD-PI b. ADHD-PHI c. ADHD-C d. All of the above