Tanya was used to using the word processing program Word, and she did some work for her brother Mike, who was using WordPerfect, a different word processing program. Tanya was quickly able to use WordPerfect for Windows with little difficulty, since many of the commands for it were the same as the commands for Word. Tanya's ability to use WordPerfect best illustrates:

a. cognitive development as a result of maturation.
b. learning as a result of social experience.
c. the process of assimilation.
d. the process of accommodation.


c

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