Jean Piaget
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, when a child modifies their existing schema to fit new information or creates a new schema, what is this cognitive process called?
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, 'Accommodation' is the process in which a child modifies their old schema or creates a new schema to adapt to new information, because the old information is not sufficient to understand the new situation. In contrast, in 'Assimilation', the child incorporates new information into existing schemas without any modification.
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