In cognitive developmental theory, what is the difference between assimilation and accommodation?

What will be an ideal response?

Assimilation involves bringing new information or objects into existing schemes. Accommodation involves
adjusting a scheme so it better fits the new experience.

Psychology

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In a study of forensic scientists cited in your text, the most expert were ______ and ______ than those who were less expert

more methodical; more flexible more methodical; less flexible less methodical; more flexible less methodical; less flexible

Psychology

A baker who is familiar with the action of yeast in making bread rise suggests a way to use a gas-filled bladder to raise a ship from the bottom of a lake. The baker's reasoning is an example of which of the following?

a) Analog b) Einstellung c) Functional fixedness d) Goal directedness

Psychology