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cognitive development abilities Flashcards

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cognitive development:

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how thinking processes change over life

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assimilation

accomodation

schema

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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

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