The Cognitive Process of Accommodation Occurs When Individuals

question 92

Multiple Choice

The cognitive process of accommodation occurs when individuals

• A) adjust old schemes to fit new information.
• B) ignore information contradicting previous knowledge.
• C) try to balance conflicting information.
• D) use their existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences.

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Definitions:

Centration

A characteristic of preoperational thought in which a young child focuses (centers) on one idea, excluding all others.

Conservation Problems

Challenges related to the inability to understand that properties such as volume, mass, and number remain the same despite changes in the form or appearance.

Preoperational Thought

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development occurring from ages 2 to 7, characterized by symbolic thinking, egocentrism, and a lack of logical operations.