Assimilation

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The process by which new objects, events, experiences, or information is incorporated into existing schemes. Gen Psych, Chapter 8, p. 241

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In this the narrator is differentiating Assimilation and Accommodation media type="youtube" key="-kuSO_HYKR0" width="420" height="315" __Assimilation__ is considered a form of __adaptation__ (we use past mental representations in our current experiences).

Examples:
Example 1: A baby spreads its hand wide to pick up a ball then tries to pick up a pen the same way, cannot pick up the pen that way they must bring their fingers in to pick up the pen. New experiences are incorporated into existing schemes.

Example 2: When infants encounter a new kind of toy, like a jack-in-the-box, they try to treat it as they have other toys perhaps shaking it like a rattle or banging it like a drum. Example 3: A child using its hands to eat macaroni until parent gives them a eating utensil to use. Example 4: A child is given a marker and puts it in his mouth, he later sees his older brother coloring and attempts to put the marker to the floor.

Example 3: In the video, it shows kid uses his scheme about the fish to differentiate between different types of fish. media type="youtube" key="KqjvvB1CnSk" width="420" height="315"

Analogies:
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Assimilation is to schemes as a Using a Dictionary is to learning.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Mnemonics:
Parents try to encourage toddlers to associate the potty or toilet (assimilating) to the urge to eliminate waste (scheme)

The digestion process in our body, in which we eat the food (scheme) and then it gets broken down in to carbohydrates, fats, protein (assimilating).

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Assimilation in Child Development Assimilation in __ child development __ describes the cognitive development of a child as it grows. The cognitive development centers around mental processes like memory, reason and perception. Assimilation takes into consideration the intellectual abilities of a child in relation to its age as a means of explaining some of the child's behavior.

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