in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | |
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | |
the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family | |