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Harry learns the schema for a “dog” by playing with his golden retriever. On a trip to a farm, he sees a collie and points, saying “Doggie!” Then he notices a lamb, and says “Doggie!” Explain Jean Piaget’s concepts of assimilation and accommodation using this example.
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We organize and interpret information into concepts, or frameworks known as schemas. Piaget's theory describes two processes, assimilation, and accommodation, that illustrate how we adjust our schemas when learning new information:

 

  • By playing with a golden retriever, Harry learns the schema for dog / doggie, this concept likely includes things like an animal with a furry / fluffy body, ears, tail and standing on four legs.
  • Next, he sees a different breed of dog, a collie, and applies the same schema and calls it doggie. This assimilation of the schema is likely due to the similarities of the two animals.
  • Noticing a lamb, Harry applies the dog schema again, likely because of the similarities to the dogs:  furry / fluffy body and ears and standing on all four legs. Once Harry has been taught that the lamb is not a dog, he has experienced new information. This is a different four-legged, furry animal; a new schema is needed for this category.   
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