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: -Assimilation of knowledge occurs when a learner encounters a new idea, and must ‘fit’ that idea into what they already know. Think of this as filling existing containers. Accommodation of knowledge is more substantial, requiring the learner to reshape those containers. You can think of these containers as ‘schema.

Detailed explanation-5: -Accommodation: Involves altering existing ideas or schemas as a result of new experiences. The process of accommodation involves altering one’s existing schemas, or ideas, as a result of new information or new experiences.