Jean Piaget
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In Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, when a child integrates new information into existing schemas without modification, but subsequently modifies their schemas when the new information does not fit, how are these two sequential stages scientifically defined?
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development:
- Assimilation: It is the process by which a child incorporates new information into pre-existing schemas without making any modifications.
- Accommodation: When new information does not fit into the existing schema, the child alters or modifies the old schema, which is known as accommodation.
Therefore, the first stage corresponds to assimilation and the second stage to accommodation.
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