Which one of the following clearly illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation?
A) Five-year-old Harvey draws on the chalkboard with a large white crayon instead of with chalk.
B) Eight-year-old Rowena develops the necessary eye-hand coordination for writing letters in cursive.
C) Eleven-year-old Mary Lou moves to a different school and purchases new clothes to fit the local fashions.
D) A language arts teacher asks 13-year-old Reynold to think about possible adjectives other than awesome that he might use in his writing to describe interesting and enjoyable activities.

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Assimilation is the process of incorporating new information into existing cognitive schemas or mental frameworks. In option A, Harvey is using a large white crayon instead of chalk. He is assimilating this new information into his existing schema for drawing on the chalkboard.

Which One of the Following Clearly Illustrates Piaget's Concept of Assimilation