PSYCH 2AA3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sample Size Determination, Scientific Method, Neural Development
11 Feb 2014
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Piaget worked on it when he was younger. Noticed that the children he was talking with consistently made the same reasoning mistakes at the same ages: key ideas of piaget"s theory: Kids are active, motivated learners (equilibration relieves discomfort) Schemas: children are naturally curious and construct their own knowledge (constructivists) But within the confines of what they already know (their schemas: structure a. k. a. schema: an organized pattern of thought or action, constructed to interpret one"s experiences - piaget. Organization & adaptation: organization: the process by which we combine existing schemes into new, more complex cognitive structures piaget. Assimilation: using our existing theory for this new info (e. g. that must belong in the dog category ) Accommodation: changing your knowledge structures for this new info (e. g. asking. What is that, it"s not a dog create a new category, horse) Disequilibrium accommodation organization equilibrium. Characteristics: qualitative: between these stages, you have a complete reorganization of how you approach the world.
