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Schemas and Adaptation Theory - Theories from Piaget

Schemas and Adaptation Theory - Theories from Piaget. Schemas. Basic mental structure into which the information one receives from the environment is organized - Bukatko & Daehler, 2001

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Schemas and Adaptation Theory - Theories from Piaget

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  1. Schemas and Adaptation Theory - Theories from Piaget

  2. Schemas • Basic mental structure into which the information one receives from the environment is organized - Bukatko & Daehler, 2001 • Earlier schemas set the stage for constructing new and more sophisticated schemas - Bukatko & Daehler, 2001 • Never stop changing and are constantly refined through a process of adaptation

  3. Adaptation • Involves constructing schemas through direct interaction with the environment • Consists of two complementary activities that involve moving from a cognitive state of disequilibrium to a cognitive state of equilibrium: • Assimilation • Accommodation • Results in equilibration Bukatko & Daehler, 2001

  4. Assimilation • The individual cognitively adapts to and organizes information by using current, pre-existing schemas (representing current ways of understanding) to interpret experiences and the external world • Ongoing process

  5. Disequilibrium • Contradiction and conflict to a pre-existing schema that promotes cognitive change; imbalance between what is understood and what is encountered • Opportunities to grow and develop are present • Implementation of assimilation and accommodation to create a cognitive balance (equilibrium) between thinking and reality

  6. Accommodation • Changes in behavior and thinking take place when new information no longer fits into old ways of understanding (the old schemas) • Existing schemas change to accommodate new information or new schemas are created that contain the new information • Intellectual capacities become re-shaped and reorganized as the child attempts to adjust • Thinking becomes more sophisticated Bukatko & Daehler, 2001

  7. Equilibrium • Cognitive balance that is restored through the process of assimilation and accommodation

  8. Equilibration • Process by which assimilation and accommodation bring about more organized and powerful schemas for thinking • More adaptive and sophisticated ways of thinking develop as the child tries to make sense of his world through a continual process of assimilation and accommodation Bukatko & Daehler, 2001

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