AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -2 Through assimilation, we take in new information or experiences and incorporate them into our existing ideas. The process is somewhat subjective, because we tend to modify experience or information to fit in with our pre-existing beliefs. Assimilation plays an important role in how we learn about the world around us.

Detailed explanation-2: -Assimilation is the process of integrating new knowledge into existing schemas by editing the new knowledge to ensure an acceptable fit. In other words, assimilation involves updating schemas without changing the structure of those schemas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assimilation is the adjustment of a schema by adding information similar to what is already known. These pre-existing schemas can either be innate (such as reflexes) or previously acquired (Piaget, 1976).

Detailed explanation-4: -Assimilation – The process of taking in new information into our previously existing schema’s is known as assimilation. The process is somewhat subjective, because we tend to modify experience or information somewhat to fit in with our preexisting beliefs.

Detailed explanation-5: -A schema refers to both mental and physical actions in understanding and knowing. In Cognitive development theory, a schema includes both a category of knowledge and the process of obtaining that knowledge. The process by which new information is taken into the previously existing schema is known as assimilation.