A term coined by the French development psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980); it describes a person’s ability to comprehend and integrate new experiences. The term is also used to describe the process that occurs when a minority person adopts the majority culture.
The formation of “self” cellular material from small molecules derived from food.
In education, the process of internalizing the learning experience as a part of the self.
The action of assimilating food substances.
Portion of the digestive process where food breakdown products are absorbed into the body and metabolized to living tissue. Also called anabolic (building-up) metabolism.
The process by which food substances are taken into the cells of the body after they have been digested and absorbed.
The transformation of food into living tissue; the constructive phase of metabolism (i.e., anabolism).
The process of adding new information to an already existing schema.