The nurse, curious about how people learn, reviews Piaget's theory. According to Piaget, assimilation is:
a. how the individual learns to act with the environment.
b. how the individual allows for readjustment of the cognitive structure.
c. the change that occurs as a result of accommodation.
d. the process of taking in new experiences or information.
ANS: D
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