AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -As the child encounters new information in the world, the new information can then be assimilated or accommodated into this existing schema.

Detailed explanation-2: -The process of accommodation, according to Piaget’s theory, involves altering one’s existing ideas (schemas) about how the world operates in response to new information and experiences. This process of accommodation is universal, applying to children as well as adults.

Detailed explanation-3: -In assimilation, new information is incorporated into pre-existing schemas. In accommodation, existing schemas might be altered or new schemas might be formed as a person learns new information and has new experiences.

Detailed explanation-4: -Accommodation describes when they change their schemata based on new information. This process continues as children interact with their environment. For example, 2-year-old Blake learned the schema for dogs because his family has a Labrador retriever.

Detailed explanation-5: -Equilibrium occurs when a child’s schemas can deal with most new information through assimilation. However, an unpleasant state of disequilibrium occurs when new information cannot be fitted into existing schemas (assimilation).