Assimilation, Accommodation, and Equilibrium: Piaget

What is assimilation according to Piaget?

• the process of absorption of vitamins, minerals, and other chemicals from food

• Modifying new information to what we already know

• Adjusting information to fit your needs

• when sound adapts to another sound

What is accommodation according to Piaget?

• temporary lodging

• modifying new information to fit what we already know

• having hospitality

• adjusting information to fit your needs

What is equilibration according to Piaget?

• the balance between learning and the environment

• adjusting something to fit your needs

• modifying new information to fit what we already know

• American science fiction action film

When a child learns the word for dog, they start to call all four-legged animals dogs. Is this assimilation, accommodation, or equilibrium?

• Assimilation

• accomodation

• equilibrium

A girl learns that a cat also has four-legs. Her existing schema for dogs will change and she will also develop a new schema for cats. Is this assimilation, accommodation, or equilibrium?

• equilibrium

• assimilation

• accommodation

A child loves the soups that their family eats on a regular basis. They have developed the schema that all soup is delicious. The child then has dinner at a friend's house and is served a bowl of soup- and hates it. Is this accommodation, assimilation, or equilibrium?

• accommodation

• equilibrium

• assimilation