Kayla Sees a Dolphin on Television

Multiple Choice

Kayla sees a dolphin on television. At first she thinks it's a fish because it is swimming in the ocean. Then she sees that it must come to the surface to breathe. Kayla begins to form a new schema representing this new information. Which cognitive mechanism would Piaget say Kayla is using?

A) accommodation
B) disequilibration
C) assimilation
D) equilibration