Explain how the mind builds and modifies psychological structures according to piaget?

Answer 1

According to Piaget, the mind builds and modifies psychological structures so they achieve a better fit with external reality.

*Specific psychological structures - organized ways of making sense of experience are called schemes

*Adaptation involves building schemes through direct interaction with the enviorment

*During assimilation, we use our current schemes to interpret the external world

*In accommodation's, we create new schemes or adjust old ones after noticing that our current ways of thinking do not capture the enviorment completely.

*Equilibrium is the balance between assimilation and accommodation, when children are not changing much

*During rapid cognitive change, children are in a state of disequilibrium, or cognitive discomfort.

Answer 2

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the mind builds psychological structures through the processes of assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation involves incorporating new information into existing cognitive structures, while accommodation involves adjusting those structures to fit new information. Through this process, individuals build more complex mental structures and organize their understanding of the world.