AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

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Cognitivists, such as Jean Piaget, concern themselves with the way in which information is
A
processed, stored, & used.
B
encoded, decoded, & used.
C
developed & processed.
D
created & stored.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jean Piaget, (born August 9, 1896, Neuchâtel, Switzerland-died September 16, 1980, Geneva), Swiss psychologist who was the first to make a systematic study of the acquisition of understanding in children. He is thought by many to have been the major figure in 20th-century developmental psychology.

Detailed explanation-2: -accommodation. This term stemmed from the work of Jean Piaget and his work on cognitive development of children. Accommodation is the cognitive process of revising existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding so that new information can be incorporated.

Detailed explanation-3: -Piaget called the schema the basic building block of intelligent behavior-a way of organizing knowledge. The representation in the mind of a set of perceptions, ideas, and/or actions, which go together.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive psychologists study how people perceive, process, and remember information.

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