Ella thought that all birds could do was tweet. then her friend showed her a parrot, which could say a lot of words. she had to rethink her idea about what a bird was. this is an example of:
a. schema.
b. accommodation.
c. assimilation.
d. stages.

The answer is: B. accommodation

Accommodation refers to a new information that can change people's existing perspective and transformed it into a new one.

in the case above, Ella's existing perspective was that all birds tweet. The parrots that showed by her friends is the new information. After seeing the new information, Ella changed her perspective towards how birds should sound.

answer; disconfirm the catharsis theory;

answer; the automatic system because it is a "gut reactor"