Sally has a dog at home, so she knows about dogs. as she walks down the street, she sees an animal coming toward her. the animal has four legs, fur, a tail, and is barking. sally knows that these are characteristics of a dog, given her knowledge of dogs. she quickly concludes that this animal is a dog. this example illustrates the piagetian concept of

This example illustrates the Piagetian concept of "assimilation".

Assimilation refers to a cognitive process that oversees how we take in new data and fuse that new data into our current information. This idea was created by Jean Piaget, who is best known for his theory of psychological improvement in kids. For instance, when a youthful tyke takes in the word dog for the family pet, he in the long run starts to distinguish each comparative looking canine as a dog. The kid has broadened his learning, or acclimatized, the idea of dog to incorporate all comparable 4-footed friends.