Midterm 2

Question 1

assimilation

Answer 1

the process by which perople translate incoming information into a form that ifts concepts they already understand

Question 2

accomodation

Answer 2

the process by which people adapt current knowledge strucrures in resposne to new experiences

Question 3

equilibration

Answer 3

the process by which children (or other people) balance assimilation and accomodation to create stable undestanding

Question 4

sensorimotor stage

Answer 4

the period (birth to 2 years( within Piaget’s theory in which intelligence is exprssed thoruhg sneosory and motor abilities

Question 5

concrete operational stage

Answer 5

the period (7-12 years) within Piaget’s theory in which children become able to reason logically about concrete objects

Question 6

formal operational stage

Answer 6

the period (12 years+) within Piaget’s theory in which people become able to think about abstractions and hypothetical situations