Mrs. Tabak looks out her kitchen window and is upset to see that her six-year-old son, Ryan, is picking all the tomatoes from her garden, setting them on his t-ball stand, and smashing them with his bat. Which of Piaget's processes is illustrated by Ryan's substitution of tomatoes for his regular red t-ball?

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Ryan is using assimilation by applying his existing knowledge of hitting a red t-ball to a new object, the tomatoes, treating them as if they were the same.

Mrs Tabak Looks Out Her Kitchen Window and Is Upset