In Piaget's theory, the process of modifying existing schemas or creating new ones to incorporate information that does not fit.
From Latin 'accommodatio' meaning 'an adjustment,' from 'accommodare' (to make fit).
Accommodation is when you change your mental filing system because something new doesn't fit — 'Oh wait, that's not a dog, it's a cat!'
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