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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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