Sammie lives in the city with her parents and one pet (a cat). When she visited her cousins in the country she soon learned that each type of animal has its own name - - they were not all called "kitty." This is an example of: (A) Accommodation (B) Alliteration (C) Assimilation (D) Automation

The correct answer is letter C

Assimilation is the process by which a person classifies new data in previous cognitive structures. When a child has a new experience and adapts to it. The child continually tries to adapt the new stimuli to the schemes he already has.

An example of assimilation: there is an initial grasping scheme (grabbing), but the individual does not grab all objects in the same way, as it would be subject to some falling