CA 4

What does the term 'schema' refer to in Piaget's theory?

• A. A cognitive structure for organizing the environment

• C. A mathematical equation

• B. A type of animal

• D. A type of plant

Which process involves fitting a new experience into an existing cognitive structure?

• D. Schema

• C. Accommodation

• B. Equilibration

• A. Assimilation

What is the process of creating a new schema?

• D. Schema

• C. Accommodation

• B. Equilibration

• A. Assimilation

What is the natural need to understand how the world works and to find order, structure, and predictability in life called?

• C. Schema

• B. Assimilation

• A. Equilibration

• D. Cognitive Disequilibrium

What is the term for achieving proper balance between assimilation and accommodation?

• B. Schema

• A. Equilibration

• C. Assimilation

• D. Cognitive Disequilibrium

What is experienced when there is a discrepancy between what is perceived and what is understood?

• D. Cognitive Disequilibrium

• B. Assimilation

• A. Equilibration

• C. Schema

What is the process of fitting a new experience into an existing cognitive structure or schema?

• A. Assimilation

• B. Equilibration

• D. Schema

• C. Accommodation

What is the process of creating a new schema?

• A. Assimilation

• B. Equilibration

• D. Schema

• C. Accommodation

What is the natural need to understand how the world works and to find order, structure, and predictability in life called?

• A. Equilibration

• B. Assimilation

• C. Schema

• D. Cognitive Disequilibrium

What is the term for achieving proper balance between assimilation and accommodation?

• D. Cognitive Disequilibrium

• A. Equilibration

• B. Schema

• C. Assimilation