Little Alicia Knows That Fish Swim in the Water

Multiple Choice

Little Alicia knows that fish swim in the water. When she sees her first alligator, she says to her father, "Look at the big fish!" Her father tells her that the creature is not a fish, but an alligator. After some deliberation, Little Alicia decides that some creatures that swim in the water are not fish. Alicia initially exhibited ________, and then she exhibited ________.

A) equilibrium; disequilibrium
B) assimilation; accommodation
C) egocentrism; concrete operations
D) preoperational thinking; concrete operational thinking