Hazel got a puppy. She knows that puppies are animals. Her next-door neighbor has a cat. Hazel's mother tells her that both puppies and cats are animals. As a result, Hazel changes her scheme of animals to include cats. Changing a scheme to incorporate new information is called

a. assimilation.
b. reaction range.
c. augmentation.
d. accommodation.

d

Psychology

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a. true b. false

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Damage to left parietal lobe would be expected to produce a persistent difficulty in

a. controlling the left arm and leg. b. producing speech. c. repeating words. d. understanding speech. e. knowing the position of the person's body parts.

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