CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

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According to Piaget’s individual constructivism, altering your existing scheme (or cognitive model) in order to deal with new information is called:
A
accommodation
B
assimilation
C
accentuation
D
acculturation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jean Piaget His theories indicate that humans create knowledge through the interaction between their experiences and ideas. His view of constructivism is the inspiration for radical constructivism due to his idea that the individual is at the center of the knowledge creation and acquisition process.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory, “Fitting new information into existing schemes” is known as ‘Assimilation’ as assimilation refers to the: process of taking in information into our previously existing schemas.

Detailed explanation-4: -The process of accommodation, according to Piaget’s theory, involves altering one’s existing ideas (schemas) about how the world operates in response to new information and experiences. This process of accommodation is universal, applying to children as well as adults.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Piaget’s view, the purpose of intelligence was to help humans adapt to the environment. In the process of adaptation, cognitive structures changed through the process of assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation referred to interpretation of events according to existing cognitive structures/schema.

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