Three-year-old Zara calls all four-legged animals "kitties." Her tendency to fit all four-legged animals into her existing conception of a kitten illustrates the process of
A)conservation.
B)assimilation.
C)accommodation.
D)egocentrism.
E)attachment.

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Zara is assimilating all four-legged animals into her existing schema of a kitten. Assimilation is the process of interpreting new information in terms of existing mental structures or schemas.

Three-Year-Old Zara Calls All Four-Legged Animals "Kitties