Catherine’s vuvox on accommodation, adaptation, assimilation, equilibrium.

http://www.vuvox.com/collage_express/collage.swf?collageID=05fe9026ac

* assimilation: fitting new information into pre-existing schema

* accommodation: if applying old schema doesn’t work with new information, a new schema is formed.

* adaption: when we alter our schema to reflect the world we live in (as accurately as we can)

* equilibrium: the balance humans strive for, if schema doesn’t fit reality, the resulting tension inspires more assimilation and accommodation until we can progress to higher levels of thought and learning.

* schema: cognitive structures that represent a certain aspect of the world.

Reference: http://psychohawks.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/theories-of-cognitive-development-jean-piaget