CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

PIAGET

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....Piaget used the term “ ____ “ to refer to the cognitive structures by which individuals intellectually adapt to and organize their environment. It is an individual’s way to understand or create meaning about a thing or experience. It is like the mind has a filing cabinet and each drawer has folders that contain files of things he has had an experience with.
A
Schema
B
Assimilation
C
Accomodations
D
Equilibrium
E
Disequilibrium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Piaget used the term “schema” to refer to the cognitive structures by which individuals intellectually adapt to and organize theirenvironment. It is an individual’s way to understand or create meaning about a thing or experience.

Detailed explanation-2: -By cognitive structure, Piaget meant patterns of physical/mental action underlying acts of intelligence. He also called these structures cognitive schema. The schema are used to interpret information in such a way that it makes sense and helps one understand the environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Schema-the cognitive structure by which individuals intellectually adapt to and organize their environment. 2. Assimilation-the process of fitting new experience into an existing created schema.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adaptation-Adaptation is a type of schema that explains how persons understand and learn new information. According to Piaget’s theory, There are two ways in which adaptation can occur.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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