GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
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Question
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A concept or category about the world.
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The tendency to interpret the new experiences in terms of existing schemas.
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Changes in schemas to incorporate information from experiences.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Assimilation – The process of taking in new information into our previously existing schema’s is known as assimilation. The process is somewhat subjective, because we tend to modify experience or information somewhat to fit in with our preexisting beliefs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Assimilation is the adjustment of a schema by adding information similar to what is already known. These pre-existing schemas can either be innate (such as reflexes) or previously acquired (Piaget, 1976).
Detailed explanation-3: -Assimilation describes how we interpret new experiences in terms of our current understanding, so in terms of our current schemas.
Detailed explanation-4: -assimilation, in anthropology and sociology, the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.
Detailed explanation-5: -According to Piaget, the learning process involves the following: Assimilation: Attempting to interpret new information within the framework of existing knowledge. Accommodation: Making small changes to that knowledge in order to cope with things that don’t fit those existing frameworks.