PSYC 2250 Lecture 35: Lecture 35

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2250
• Professor: Steven Hladkyj

Document Summary

The action of knowing including physical actions, mental actions, and a complex system of ideas related to concepts and actions. Schemes increase and become more complex with age. Figurative schemes mental representation of the basic properties of object in the world. Operative schemes mental representation of the logical connections among object in the world and to reason about them. Assimilation occurs when new experiences are readily incorporated into a child"s existing theories. Accommodation occurs when a child"s theories are modified based on experience. Equilibrium balance, children find they can readily assimilate most experiences into their existing theories, but occasionally they need to accommodate their theories to adjust to new experiences. Equilibration when disequilibrium occurs, children reorganize their theories to return to a state of equilibrium. Disequilibrium balance is upset, children discover that their current theories are not adequate because they are spending much more time accommodating than assimilating.