EDUC 2130 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
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Vocab: the basic unit necessary for mental organization and mental functioning. Adaptation: how an organism interacts with the environment in a relationship. Assimilation: a process used to incorporate new information into existing schemata that are sufficient to understand it. Accommodation: a process used to modify an existing schema in order to be able to understand information that would otherwise be incomprehensible with existing schemata. Play: something is done as it always has been, that is, as a simple, repetitive activity. Imitation: a child does something never done before by watching and copying it from someone else. Equilibrium: carrying out processes in an effort to restore equilibrium; the major source of motivation in piaget"s system. Operations: combination of all of an individual"s schemata, systems or coordinated sets of actions for dealing with objects or events. Social interaction: the child"s actions in his or her environment, the exchange of ideas among people.
