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assimilation. It describes in very real world schema in cognitive development and
context the definition of assimilation and how assimilation works within these
how Piaget thought it impacted cognitive schemas. It represents these two
development. As well, it states a variety of concepts through a simple example that
examples which aid in understanding his helps to accurately describe the ideas.
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development. It states definitions for children.
Piaget’s different theories as well as,
provides examples to aid in further
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