AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -the process of fitting objects and experiences into one’s schemas. the adjustment of one’s schemas to include newly observed events and experiences. a child’s realization that an object exists even when he or she cannot see or touch it. the intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind.

Detailed explanation-2: -In assimilation, children make sense of the world by applying what they already know. It involves fitting reality and what they experience into their current cognitive structure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assimilation is the process of integrating new knowledge into existing schemas by editing the new knowledge to ensure an acceptable fit. In other words, assimilation involves updating schemas without changing the structure of those schemas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Accommodation means existing structures change to accommodate to the new information. This dual process, assimilation-accommodation, enables the child to form schema. Equilibration involves the person striking a balance between himself and the environment, between assimilation and accomodation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Piaget believed that learning proceeded by the interplay of assimilation (adjusting new experiences to fit prior concepts) and accommodation (adjusting concepts to fit new experiences). The to-and-fro of these two processes leads not only to short-term learning, but also to long-term developmental change.