Piaget's basic tendencies of thinking

The basic tendencies in thinking are: organization, adaptation and...

• Equilibration

• Development

According to Piaget, what are the schemes?

• An external stimulus explained by the internal and previous understanging of the world.

• A plan or program of action.

According to Piaget, learning occurs in this order:

• accomodation - scheme - assimilation

• Scheme - assimilation - accomodation

When does accommodation occurs?

• When we go back to our previous knowledge to respond to a new situation.

• When we must change existing schemes to respond to a new situation.

When we apply a particular scheme to an event or situation and the scheme works it means that...

• equilibration exists

• organization exists