Kendra has been breastfed. The first time she gets a bottle of apple juice, she uses the same sucking motion she has been accustomed to using during breastfeeding. Juice floods out of the nipple of the bottle. This is an example of

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This is an example of assimilation - Kendra is applying her previously learned sucking motion from breastfeeding to a new object (the bottle nipple). However, the sucking motion that worked for breastfeeding does not work for drinking from a bottle, resulting in the juice flooding out.

Kendra Has Been Breastfed