According to Jean Piaget, Assimilation Occurs When You Fit New

question 124

True/False

According to Jean Piaget, assimilation occurs when you fit new information into your present system of knowledge and beliefs.

Learn about the impact of stress on infectious diseases and the effectiveness of vaccinations.

Understand the influence of personality traits on susceptibility to common illnesses.

Identify the relationship between stress and chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.

Understand the ethnic disparities in stress reactivity and its health implications.

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Definitions:

Negative Feedback System

A regulatory system in which a change in some steady state triggers a response that counteracts, or reverses, the change, restoring homeostasis (e.g., how mammals maintain body temperature). Compare with positive feedback system.

Integrator

In homeostasis, a control center.

Effector

(1) A muscle or gland that contracts or secretes in direct response to nerve impulses. (2) In homeostasis, an organ or process that helps restore a steady state.

Set Point

A normal condition maintained by homeostatic mechanisms.