EED 305 Lecture 14: EED 305
20 Jun 2019
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Adaptation people inherent the tendency to adapt to their environment. Assimilation involves trying to understand something new by fitting it into what we already know. Occurs when we use our existing schemes to make sense of events in our world. Accommodation occurs when we must change existing schemes to respond to a new situation. Form new schemes if new data doesn"t fit inn existing schemes. Adjust out thinking to fit new info instead of adjusting info to our thinking equilibration the act of searching for balance. The changes in thinking take place through this. disequilibrium we apply a particular scheme to an event or situation but does not produce a satisfying results and we become uncomfortable. Causes us to keep searching for a solution through assimilation and accommodation and thus our thinking changes and moves ahead. Piagetian tasks: little girl counts coins and says that there are 5.
