How Are Assimilation and Accommodation Similar

question 84

Multiple Choice

How are assimilation and accommodation similar?

• A)Both involve understanding experience in terms of a child's existing way of thinking.
• B)Both involve significant changes to a child's existing way of thinking.
• C)Both are ways to bring about cognitive development.
• D)Both are interchangeable terms used to explain the same concept.

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Definitions:

Consensus

a general agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of whom exercises some degree of influence.

Intermittent Reinforcement

Reinforcement schedule in which a reward does not occur after each instance of a behavior or set of behaviors.

Fixed Interval Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed.

Unpleasant Consequences

Negative outcomes or penalties that follow undesirable behaviors, aimed at reducing those behaviors.