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According to Piaget, when a child fits new information into schemes that already exist, _____ occurs.

A. adaptation
B. assimilation
C. a scheme
D. accommodation

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Answer: B. assimilation

Step-by-step explanation:

Scheme: a scheme is the way the human mind recognizes and understands information after seeing it for the first time.

Assimilation is the process of adding information is added to an existing scheme .

Accommodation is when changes are made to established schemes, such as when a new scheme is created from an existing scheme .

Adaptation is one of the two ways Piaget believed people learn. It covers the process of Assimilation and Accommodation

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