AP Psychology - SCHEMA
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SCHEMA
-Mental structure that represents some worldly aspect -First used by Jean Piaget to describe how our brain begins to organize, and interpret new information.
Alfred Binet
Developed first intelligence tests.
Accommodation
New information is given its own unique place in the brain as a SCHEMA.
Assimilation
New information is tied to that of existing information in brain for initial understanding.
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist who first worked with children in Alfred Binet's lab.