PSY210H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Jean Piaget, Procedural Knowledge, Prefrontal Cortex
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2). children learn many important lessons on their own, rather than depending on instruction from others. 3). children are intrinsically motivated to learn and do not need rewards from other people to do so: central developmental issues. The main sources of continuity are three processes assimilation, accommodation, and equilibration that work together from birth to propel development forward. Assimilation: the process by which people translate incoming information into a form that fits concepts they already understand. Accommodation: the process by which people adapt current knowledge structures in response to new experiences the process of adapting and adjusting sth. Equilibration: the process by which children (or other people) balance assimilation and accommodation to create stable understanding. Equilibration includes 3 phases: 1). people are satisfied with their understanding of a particular phenomenon. 2). new information leads them to perceive that their understanding is inadequate.
