According to Piaget, ________ modifies new environmental information to fit into what is already known, and ________ restructures existing schemes so that new information is accounted for more completely.

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Assimilation involves incorporating new information into existing cognitive schemas, while accommodation involves altering existing schemas or creating new ones in response to new information.  These two basic processes work together to achieve cognitive growth, accommodation modifying existing schemes to allow for new information, and assimilation modifying new information to fit existing schemes.

According to Piaget, ________ Modifies New Environmental Information to Fit