cognitive development abilities Flashcards
1
Q
cognitive development:
A
how thinking processes change over life
2
Q
assimilation
accomodation
schema
A
assimilation: taking in new info and fitting it into pre-existing mental ideas about objects/experiences
EXAMPLE: truck=car because only knows car
accomodation: changing pre-existing mental ideas to fit new info
EXAMPLE: what is not a nipple for milk
schema: units of knowledge/a mental idea of what something is and how to act on it - a group of information that relates to each other
EXAMPLE: Christmas-tree-santa-presents
