Modules 44 - 46 (Unit 6)

Question 1

What did Jean Piaget study? (think - the main question he was trying to answer)

Answer 1

the question - “Once conscious, how does your mind grow?” . Studied children’s cognition, developed questions in Paris for childrens’ intelligence tests, believed in schemas, and proposed assimilation and accommodation

Question 2

Cognition

Answer 2

all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

Question 3

Schema

Answer 3

a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

interpreting our new experiences in terms of existing schemas

Question 5

Accommodation

Answer 5

adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information (ex - just “dog” is too broad - we need to change the schema)