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Developmental psych Flashcards

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Schema

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Categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and understand the world.

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Assimilation

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The process of taking in new info into our already existing schemas

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Accommodation

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Changing or altering our existing schemas in light of new info

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Equilibration

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We try to strike a balance between assimilation and accommodation

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