HD 1004 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Lev Vygotsky, Baby Talk, New Place
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Assimilation occurs when new information is incorporated into existing schemes: accommodation occurs when learners adjust their schemes to fit new information and experiences, organization is the grouping isolated behaviors and thoughts into higher- order system. Continual refinement is an inherent part of development: equilibration and stages of development. Equilibration is a mechanism to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to the next; this occurs as children experience cognitive conflict or. When the conflict is resolved, equilibrium is established at a higher level of cognitive development. Reactions occur between 1 and 4 months, infant coordinates sensation and two types of schemes: habits and primary circular reactions. (c) the stage of secondary circular. Reactions (4 to 8 months) infant becomes more. Object-oriented, moving beyond preoccupation with the self; infant imitates simple actions; baby talk, smile and some gestures. (d) coordination of secondary circular. Reactions (8 to 12 months) is characterized by the coordination of vision and touch, hand eye.
