Which of the following is the clearest example of assimilation?
a. Grace thinks her boyfriend is the greatest person on earth, but when she finds out he cheated on her, she decides he has always been a complete jerk.
b. Grace thinks her boyfriend is the greatest person on earth, and when she finds out he cheated on her, she still believes he is the greatest person on earth and concludes that it was her fault for not giving him enough attention
c. A young child reasons that "I haven't had a nap yet, so it isn't afternoon."
d. You repeat the sequence of events your friend did to solve a physics problem without really understanding what you were doing
Ans: b. Grace thinks her boyfriend is the greatest person on earth, and when she finds out he cheated on her, she still believes he is the greatest person on earth and concludes that it was her fault for not giving him enough attention
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