Mohammed, a high school exchange student, has just arrived from Malaysia to live with
his host family in California. Mohammed attends a varsity volleyball game at his new
school. At first, he seems puzzled about the rules of the game.
However, as it progresses,
he smiles and says, "This game is just like sepak takaru back home, only we play it with a
ball made from bamboo and we can use our head and feet to volley the ball back and
forth across the net." Mohammed's ability to adjust or modify his scheme of volleyball to
fit his scheme of sepak takaru, is an example of
a. adaptation.
b. accommodation.
c. equilibration.
d. assimilation.
b
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A) 18–24 months B) 2–3 years C) 3–4 years D) 4–5 years
According to Rogers, the self is
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