Eli fails to recognize that the aspirin that his mother gave him for a painful toe is not the same as the white Tic Tac mint that she gave him in the car. This is an example of ________.

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Eli's failure to recognize the difference between the aspirin and the Tic Tac mint is an example of assimilation, where he is applying his existing schema for white, small, round objects to both items without distinguishing between them.

Eli Fails to Recognize That the Aspirin That His Mother