Interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas is called

A) egocentrism.
B) assimilation.
C) imprinting.
D) accommodation.

The process of interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas, or mental frameworks, is called assimilation. This allows individuals to make sense of new information based on their pre-existing knowledge and understanding. Egocentrism refers to the inability to take another person's perspective, imprinting refers to a rapid and irreversible form of learning in which an animal forms an attachment to the first moving object they see, and accommodation refers to modifying existing schemas to fit new information.