Before Four-Year-Old Pat Rode a Tricycle, Pat Believed It Was

Multiple Choice

Before four-year-old Pat rode a tricycle, Pat believed it was the wind that caused tricycles to move. When Pat rode a tricycle for the first time, Pat discovered it was peddling that moved the tricycle. Pat changed his schema about how tricycles move through the process of ________________.

A) assimilation
B) concrete operations
C) formal operations
D) accommodation