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Explain how a child might assimilate and accommodate a schema for a car when presented with a truck.

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At first, he would put all moving vehicles into the same category of "car". When presented with the truck, the child will assimilate or accommodate the new information by categorizing the trucks into a separate category. He will also put motorcycles and buses into separate categories.
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