Disequilibrium and Equilibration

• A situation that we do not understand well leads to the motivation to learn, which leads to the modification of schemas.
• Piaget says that we are motivated to learn when existing schemas do not allow us to make sense of something new, which leads to an unpleasant feeling called disequilibrium.
• To escape disequilibrium, the schemas need to be changed to make sense of the new information (through assimilation and accommodation). By doing this, we achieve equilibration, the preferred mental state.