1.2.2 Key Concepts

• What is a schema according to Piaget's theory?

  Mental framework for understanding
• Schemata act as blueprints for understanding new experiences
• One key aspect of a schema is the organization of knowledge.
• What are the two processes through which schemas adapt to new information?

  Assimilation and accommodation
• Match the type of schema with its example:

  Object Schema ↔️ Knowing a chair has four legs

  Person Schema ↔️ Describing a friend as outgoing

  Social Schema ↔️ Knowing how to behave at a party

  Event Schema ↔️ Familiarity with a school day routine
• What is the process of assimilation in Piaget's theory?

  Incorporating new information
• Assimilation involves changing existing schemas to fit new information.

  False
• A child who knows that cats have four legs, fur, and say "meow" might identify a new breed of cat through assimilation
• What is the process of accommodation in Piaget's theory?

  Modifying existing schemas
• Accommodation always results in the creation of entirely new schemas.

  False
• If a child believes all birds fly but learns about flightless birds like penguins, they must use accommodation
• What is the process of equilibration in Piaget's theory?

  Balancing assimilation and accommodation
• Equilibration is the primary motivation for cognitive growth.
• Order the stages of equilibration:

  1️⃣ Equilibrium

  2️⃣ Disequilibrium

  3️⃣ Re-equilibrium
• What happens during the disequilibrium stage of equilibration?

  Cognitive conflict occurs
• Equilibration is the process of balancing assimilation and accommodation
• Equilibration is the driving force behind cognitive development
• Stages of equilibration

  1️⃣ Equilibrium

  2️⃣ Disequilibrium

  3️⃣ Re-equilibrium
• A schema is a mental framework that helps us organize and interpret information
• Schemas organize experiences and concepts into structured mental frameworks
• Match the type of schema with its example:

  Object Schema ↔️ Understanding that a chair has legs and a back

  Person Schema ↔️ Describing a friend as outgoing

  Social Schema ↔️ Knowing how to behave at a birthday party

  Event Schema ↔️ Familiarity with a school day routine
• Assimilation involves modifying existing schemas to incorporate new information

  False
• In assimilation, schemas remain unchanged
• Accommodation is essential for cognitive development
• Accommodation involves modifying existing schemas to incorporate new information that does not fit
• Stages of Piaget's cognitive development in order

  1️⃣ Sensorimotor

  2️⃣ Preoperational

  3️⃣ Concrete Operational

  4️⃣ Formal Operational