According to Piaget, when a child fits new information into schemes that already exist, _____ occurs

a) adaptation
b) assimilation
c) a scheme
d) accommodation


Answer: b

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Genetics may play a small role in personality disorders, but a relatively stronger role in personality disorder

a. paranoid and schizoid; schizotypal b. schizotypal and schizoid; paranoid c. paranoid and OCD; schizoid d. schizoid and schizotypal; paranoid

Psychology

Carl Jung’s analytic psychology differs from Freud’s psychoanalysis in that . . .

a. Jung added the collective unconscious as different from the personal unconscious b. Jung identified complexes, not dreams, as the “royal road” to the unconscious c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above

Psychology

People with schizophrenia who exhibit a catatonic stupor ____.?

a. ?remain totally motionless and rigid b. ?are highly agitated and fidgety c. ?talk in a word salad d. ?behave as if talking to an imaginary person

Psychology

How do mental images help us communicate with others?

A. They allow others to share the concreteness effect with us. B. They allow us to rehearse situations before they happen. C. Mental images help us to erase false memories in others. D. Mental images help us to erase false memories in our own minds.

Psychology