Six-month-old Nydia has been exclusively breastfed since birth. Thus, she has never drunk from a bottle. The first time Nydla is offered the bottle, she tries to suck on It the same way she is used to sucking. However, her old sucking behavior is not successful with the bottle. She has to adapt her sucking in order to get sufficient milk from the bottle. Nydia's new understanding of how to suck on the bottle is an indication that she has engaged in which of the following Plagetian processes? a. accommodation b. assimilation c. schemes d. conservation

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Six-month-old Nydia has been exclusively breastfed since birth. Thus, she has never drunk from a bottle. The first time Nydla is offered the bottle, she tries to suck on It the same way she is used to sucking. However, her old sucking behavior is not successful with the bottle. She has to
adapt her sucking in order to get sufficient milk from the bottle. Nydia's new understanding of how to suck on the bottle is an indication that she has engaged in which of the following Plagetian processes?
a. accommodation
b. assimilation
c. schemes
d. conservation     

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