This activity describes Piaget's theory of the growth of intelligence and simulates the performance of three children of different ages on some of Piaget's tasks. alsaqeer1984 Schemas
• What are schemas? (1)
A: schema is a congnitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information.
• Explain the difference between assimilation and accommodation. (1)
A:they differ, however, because accommodation refers to having to change an existing schema while assimilation merely refers to adding new information.
• Suppose that a 15-month-old toddler has learned to call the four-legged house pet a "doggie." What do you think would happen if the child sees a horse for the first time? Is the child likely to call the horse a “horsie” or a “doggie” or a “doggie-horse” or some other term? Write your best guess in the space below, and add a sentence explaining why you think the child would use that term to refer to the horse. (1)
A:the child will call ot a doggie and probably assimilate the new animal into the existing schema for four legged animals. But if the parent say no it’s not a doggie the child will have to accommodate the doggie schema to the new information and from now on the will call small fourlegged animals doggie and the large four-legged animal a horse.
Stages of Development
• What are some characteristics of a child in the sensorimotor stage of development?
A:the characteristic of a child in the sensorimotor stage of development are the sensations being experienced and the object being acted upon .
• What are some cognitive limitations of preschoolers? (1)
A:some cognitive limitations of preschoolers are gain more ability in memory ,language development, and the ability to think.
• A child in the concrete operations stage can reason
