GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
PIAGET
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Question
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Both statements are true
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The first statement is true while the second statement is false
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The first statement is false while the second statement is true
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Both statements are false
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none of the choices
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -Assimilation of knowledge occurs when a learner encounters a new idea, and must ‘fit’ that idea into what they already know. Think of this as filling existing containers. Accommodation of knowledge is more substantial, requiring the learner to reshape those containers. You can think of these containers as ‘schema.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.