A child calls a zebra a horse on first seeing it. After repeatedly noticing the stripes and different shape, the child creates a separate zebra category and no longer feels puzzled.
Compare assimilation with accommodation and equilibrium in this case.
40 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 1.1 Development, covering 1.1.1 Early brain development, 1.1.2 Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, 1.1.3 Dweck's mindset theory, and 1.1.4 Willingham's learning theory. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.