Cynthia's mother gives her an apple each day and tells her that apples are "fruit.". However, one day, Cynthia's mother gives her an orange. She tells Cynthia this is also "fruit.". What happens to Cynthia's scheme of "fruit?"

a. She assimilates the new information about oranges into the existing scheme.
b. She ignores the new information about oranges.
c. She accommodates the information so that her scheme now includes apples and oranges.
d. She eliminates the concept of apple and now her scheme of fruit only contains oranges.

c