Cognition and Development Key Words

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Schema
Framework for understanding the world
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Assimilation
Changing an existing schema due to experience
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Accomodation
Creating a new schema due to experience
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Equilibration
Pleasant state of balance between schemas and experience
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Object Permanence
Understanding that an object still exists even when out of sight
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Conservation
Understanding that changing the appearance of something does not change it in terms of mass, number or volume
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Egocentrism
Seeing things from only your point of view and people unaware of others
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Class Inclusion
Ability to understand the difference between superordinate and subordinate categories
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Changing an existing schema due to experience

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Pleasant state of balance between schemas and experience

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Understanding that an object still exists even when out of sight

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