AP Psychology Flashcards: Cognitive Development Across The Lifespan

Study Cognitive Development Across The Lifespan in AP Psychology with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is the term for the process of incorporating new experiences into existing schemas?

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Assimilation. Fitting new information into existing cognitive frameworks without changing them.

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A 14-year-old designs a controlled experiment to test multiple variables. Which Piaget stage is shown?

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