CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Danny sees a jaquar at the zoo and calls it a cat. This is an example of:
A
assimilation
B
accommodation
C
underextension
D
overregularization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of assimilation include: A child sees a new type of dog that they’ve never seen before and immediately points to the animal and says, “Dog!” A chef learns a new cooking technique. A computer programmer learns a new programming language.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct option is Option (a). Immigrating from one region to another region, marinating the same or more lifestyle signifies assimilation.

Detailed explanation-3: -“When a child learns the word for dog, they start to call all four-legged animals dogs. This is assimilation. People around them will say, no, that’s not a dog, it’s a cat. The schema for dog then gets modified to restrict it to only certain four-legged animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Piaget, cognitive development occurs from two processes: adaptation and equilibrium. Adaptation involves the child’s changing to meet situational demands. Adaptation involves two sub‐processes: assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is the application of previous concepts to new concepts.

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