Accommodation Refers to the Process by Which Children

question 147

Multiple Choice

Accommodation refers to the process by which children:

• A) create a stable understanding.
• B) incorporate new information into their current understanding.
• C) adjust their understanding in response to new information.
• D) balance assimilation and adaptation.

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Definitions:

Encoding

The set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that information into a form that is usable in the brain’s storage systems.

Retrieval

The act of retrieving and making conscious previously stored memory information.

Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.

Neural Messages

Electrical and chemical signals that are transmitted by neurons to send information throughout the nervous system.