PSYC325 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 18 Months, Object Permanence, Cognitive Development
19 Mar 2016
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Module 6. 1: seing the stage piaget"s theory: basic principles of piaget"s theory piaget believed children were naturally curious, and wanted to make sense out of their experience i. Assimilaion: according to piaget, assimilaion occurs when new experiences are readily ii. iii. incorporated into a child"s exising theories. For example, an infant knows the family dog barks and oten licks her face. When she has the same experience at a relaive"s house, this makes sense because it its her theory of dogs. Accommodaion: for piaget, accommodaion occurs when a child"s theories are modiied based on experience. The baby with the theory of dogs is surprised when the irst ime she encounters a cat it resembles a dog but rubs against her instead of licking the face. Equilibrium: when the balance of assimilaion and accommodaion doesn"t always occur, this causes disequilibrium. When disequilibrium occurs, children realize their theories to return to a state of equilibrium, a process called equilibraion.
