Cynthia's Mother Gives Her an Apple Each Day and Tells

Multiple Choice

Cynthia's mother gives her an apple each day and tells her that apples are "fruit." One day, Cynthia's mother gives her an orange. She tells Cynthia the orange is also "fruit." How does Cynthia process this new information and her schema of "fruit"?

A) She ignores the new information about oranges.
B) She assimilates the new information about oranges into the existing schema.
C) She incorporates the information so that her schema now includes apples and oranges.
D) She eliminates the concept of apple so that her schema of fruit now contains only oranges.