CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Schema theory is most clearly associated with the work of
A
Jean Piaget
B
Lev Vygotsky
C
William James
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A schema, or scheme, is an abstract concept proposed by J. Piaget to refer to our, well, abstract concepts. Schemas (or schemata) are units of understanding that can be hierarchically categorized as well as webbed into complex relationships with one another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary: 1932-Psychologist Frederic Bartlett Proposes the Schema Theory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Schemas are the basic building blocks of such cognitive models, and enable us to form a mental representation of the world. Piaget (1952, p. 7) defined a schema as: “a cohesive, repeatable action sequence possessing component actions that are tightly interconnected and governed by a core meaning."

Detailed explanation-4: -The schema theory was one of the leading cognitivist learning theories and was introduced by Bartlett in 1932 and further developed in the ‘70s by Richard Anderson.

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