14 Questions
According to Piaget, how does knowledge develop in children?
Through interaction with the environment and active learning
What term refers to the internal mental symbols that one uses to represent aspects of experience?
Symbolic Schemes
Which term describes the process of interpreting new experiences by incorporating them into existing schemes?
Assimilation
What is the process of modifying existing schemes in order to incorporate or adapt to new experiences?
Accommodation
Which term refers to the process by which children combine existing schemes into new and more complex intellectual structures?
Organization
What is the term used for repeated patterns of behavior that develop by trial and error and never stop changing, but are constantly refined?
Scheme
What is the process of interpreting new experiences by incorporating them into existing schemes?
Assimilation
What refers to the process of modifying existing schemes in order to incorporate or adapt to new experiences?
Accommodation
What takes place internally, apart from direct contact with the environment?
Organization
What is the term used by Piaget to describe the implementation of assimilation and accommodation to create equilibrium between thinking and reality?
Equilibration
According to Piaget, what depends on the process of equilibration?
Learning
What do teachers do to take advantage of equilibration?
Create situations that cause disequilibrium
What is the term used to describe a state of imbalance between what is understood and what is encountered in Piaget's theory?
Disequilibrium
What is the inborn tendency to adjust to the demands of the environment?
Adaptation
Test your knowledge of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which describes how children's thinking and learning develops, emphasizing the role of interaction between the child and the environment. Explore basic terminologies such as organization, scheme, adaptation, and assimilation.
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