Millie is only 14 months of age, but has already started using some basic word like "mama," "dada," and "kitty." When her paren
ts take her to the zoo, she points to the goats who are being fed by other children, and yells, "KITTY!" The fact that she is lumping a new animal into her existing schema of a kitty demonstrates ________.
Assimilation is part of the adaptation process developed by Jean Piaget.
Through assimilation, people add new information or experiences to previously existing schemes. Like Millie, children are always assimilating new knowledge about their environment, sometimes reinterpreting it so that it can accommodate already incorporated information.
