Question

.............................. described two processes, assimilation and accommodation used by the individual in its attempt to adapt.

• A. Skinner
• B. Noam Chomsky
• C. Jean Piaget
• D. Jerome Bruner

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Jean Piaget

• Assimilation occurs when we modify or change new information to fit into our schemas (what we already know). 
• It keeps the new information or experience and adds to what already exists in our minds. 
• Accomodation is when we restructure of modify what we already know so that new information can fit in better. 
• When a child learns the word for dog, they start to call all four-legged animals dogs. This is assimilation. People around them will say, no, that's not a dog, it's a cat. The schema for dog then gets modified to restrict it to only certain four-legged animals. That is accommodation. 
• He mentioned about four stages of cognitive development :-
  1. Sensorimotor stage: Birth to 2 years
  2. Pre operational stage: Ages 2 to 7
  3. Concrete operational stage: Ages 7 to 11
  4. Formal operational stage: Ages 12 and up.