The learning of new ideas, the process of incorporating new information into your old perceptions is an example of which concept?

• A. Accommodations
• B. Adaptation
• C. Assimilation
• D. Integration

Answer: (C)

In learning theory, incorporating new information into your existing mental framework is assimilation. It means you interpret new ideas through the lens of what you already know, keeping your overall structure intact while adding details. For example, a child who has a schema for "dogs" might label all four-legged animals as dogs; new animals are understood by fitting them into that existing category. If the new information would require changing the basic framework, that would be accommodation, not assimilation. Adaptation is the broader process that includes both assimilation and accommodation, while integration refers more generally to combining elements into a whole. So the described process best matches assimilation.