Piaget's theory of cognitive development

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Adaptation
Using assimilation and accommodation to make sense of the world.
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Assimilation
Incorporating new experiences into existing schemas.
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Accommodation
When a schema has to be changed to deal with a new experience.
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Equilibrium
When a child's schemas can explain all that they experience; a state of mental balance.
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Schemas/ Schemata
Plans and patterns are formed about what we experience. Mental structures give us the frameworks to understand the world.
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Incorporating new experiences into existing schemas.

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Assimilation

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When a schema has to be changed to deal with a new experience.

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Card 4

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When a child's schemas can explain all that they experience; a state of mental balance.

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Card 5

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Plans and patterns are formed about what we experience. Mental structures give us the frameworks to understand the world.

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