Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Schema
Schema
Cognitive framework of beliefs & expectations from past experience
Created when info doesn't fit our schema
Created when info doesn't fit our schema
Disequilibrium
Nature of disequilibrium
Nature of disequilibrium
Unpleasant
Assimilation
Assimilation
Fitting new info into existing schema
Accommodation
Accommodation
Creating new schema when info doesn't fit existing one
Piaget: how we understand the world
Piaget: how we understand the world
Using schemas; more experience = more learning
Two ways to escape disequilibrium
Two ways to escape disequilibrium
Assimilation or accommodation
Theorist who proposed schemas & cognitive development
Theorist who proposed schemas & cognitive development
Piaget