Jean Piaget
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, when a child modifies their existing mental schemas to fit new information because it cannot be readily absorbed into existing structures, or creates a new schema, what is this cognitive process called?
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Understanding Piaget's Cognitive Process
According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Accommodation is the process where a child alters their existing mental schemas or creates new ones when new information does not fit into existing frameworks.
- Accommodation: Modifying existing schemas or forming new ones to adapt to new experiences.
- Assimilation: Fitting new information into pre-existing schemas without changing them.
- Equilibration: The mechanism that drives cognitive development by balancing assimilation and accommodation.
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