What Is a Difference Between Assimilation and Accommodation

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Multiple Choice

What is a difference between assimilation and accommodation?

• A)Assimilation involves doing something with new information but accommodation does not.
• B)Assimilation involves creating new schemas, but accommodation does not.
• C)Accommodation involves creating new schemas, but assimilation does not.
• D)Accommodation involves doing something with new information, but assimilation does not.

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Definitions:

Mutagens

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Carcinogens

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Preventable Hazard

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Nonlinear Dose Response

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