Unit 1: Schemas Flashcards
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What are Schemas?
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Schemas are building blocks of intellectual intelligence.
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What is ‘Assimilation’?
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It is using an existing schema to deal with a new object/situation.
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What is ‘Accommodation’?
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It is the process where and existing schema (knowledge) does work and needs to be changes to deal with a new object or situation.
4
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What is ‘Equilibration’?
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It is process when a child’s schemas can deal with more new information, through ‘assimilation’.
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