Piaget Used the Concept of Accommodation to Describe What Happens

question 85

Multiple Choice

Piaget used the concept of accommodation to describe what happens when:

• A) the development of new cognitive schemas occurs
• B) current schemas are changed to deal with new events or objects
• C) a child modifies a new object so it fits an already existing schema
• D) a child uses the same behaviour to deal with new objects

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Definitions:

Titchener

Edward Titchener was a British psychologist who is best known for developing the theory of structuralism and introducing the method of introspection in psychology.

Consciousness

The state or characteristic of being conscious of an external entity or an internal aspect of oneself.

Basic Elements

Fundamental components or constituents of a larger system, theory, or substance.

Cognitive Psychology

The study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking."