Question

Lisa is from the United States and celebrates Thanksgiving on the traditional Thursday in November. Her colleague suggested their office celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, which occurs on the second Monday in October. Lisa didn’t hear which day of the week they were celebrating and planned to bring her dish in on Thursday. When she got to work on Monday, the refrigerator was full of food for the celebration. Lisa told her colleagues, "I thought we were celebrating on Thursday!" What developmental process did Lisa utilize?

Answer 1

Lisa used her own cultural context and previous experiences to assume that Thanksgiving would be celebrated on a Thursday, as is traditional in the United States.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lisa's colleague suggested their office celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, which falls on the second Monday in October, as opposed to the traditional U.S. Thanksgiving celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. The developmental process that Lisa utilized when she assumed her office was celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday reflects her reliance on her own cultural context and previous experiences. As a U.S. native, her experiences with Thanksgiving have always involved a Thursday celebration, so without the correct day of the week explicitly mentioned, she defaulted to this familiar pattern.

Answer 2

Assimilation

Step-by-step explanation:

Assimilation is incorporating new knowledge in prior pre-existing schemas, perception, and understanding.