Four-year old Tamara goes to see a movie at the theatre with her parents. As the movie begins playing, she is amazed by the size of the screen and tells her parents, "We need to get a TV that big at home." Tamara has fit the movie screen into her "TV" schema through
A. scripting.
B. generalized event representations.
C. accommodation.
D. assimilation.
Answer: D
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