GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
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Question
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A boy has a schema for “kitty, “ but then sees a picture of a tiger that does not fit the schema. If the child assimilates the information, what will happen?
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He will stop looking at the picture because it does not fit his schema.
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He will try to apply the schema for cat and point to the picture and say “Kitty!”
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He will change his schema to fit the picture, eventually learning the word, “tiger.”
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He will stop using his schema for cat because of the confusion caused by the picture.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Vygotsky claimed that we are born with four ‘elementary mental functions’ : Attention, Sensation, Perception, and Memory. It is our social and cultural environment that allows us to use these elementary skills to develop and finally gain ‘higher mental functions. ‘
Detailed explanation-2: -When a child’s existing schemas are capable of explaining what it can perceive around it, it is said to be in a state of equilibrium, i.e. a state of cognitive (i.e. mental) balance. Piaget emphasized the importance of schemas in cognitive development, and described how they were developed or acquired.
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