Lauren learns what a fish looks like from a book. Her mother buys her a goldfish which she keeps in a fishbowl. She then learns that fish swim in water. Lauren tries to incorporate this new event into her scheme of fish. This is an example of _____.
A) divergence
B) assimilation
C) differentiation
D) conditioning

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Lauren is incorporating new information (fish swim in water) into her existing schema (what a fish is) without changing the original schema. This process is known as assimilation, where new experiences are integrated into existing cognitive structures.

Lauren Learns What a Fish Looks Like from a Book