Given below are two statements about cognitive development. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I:Accommodation takes place when we use our existing schemas to make sense of events.
Statement II:Assimilation occurs when we must change existing schemas to respond to a new situation.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Explanation
Both statements are incorrect because they swap the two terms.
Assimilation, not accommodation, is using existing schemas to make sense of events.
Statement 1 wrongly labels that process accommodation.
Accommodation, not assimilation, is changing existing schemas to respond to a new situation.
Statement 2 wrongly labels that process assimilation.
Piaget saw assimilation and accommodation working together toward equilibration.
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