Jean Piaget
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, when a child modifies their existing schema to incorporate new information because the old information is insufficient to understand the new situation, what is this mental process called?
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Explanation of Piaget's Concept
In Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Accommodation is the process by which a child modifies their pre-existing schema or creates a new schema to adapt to new information, because existing schemas are inadequate for explaining the new situation.
- Accommodation: Modifying existing schemas to fit new information.
- Assimilation: Fitting new information into existing schemas without making any changes.
- Equilibration: The balancing act between assimilation and accommodation.
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