GACE SCHOOL COUNSELOR EXAM TEST 1 & TEST 2 + PRAXIS II SCHOOL COUNSELOR EXAM | ADDED TERMS ONLY | LATEST UPDATE | PASS ON FIRST TRY Schemes - --ANSWER IS---According to Piaget, human thinking is areanged into these which are organized mental patterns that represent behaviors and actions. These direct and determine how data from the world are seen and handled Assimilation - --ANSWER IS---Process in which people understand and experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking. This occurs when people use their current ways of thinking about and understanding the world to perceive and understand a new experience. Piaget suggested that growth in children's understanding of the world can be explained by 2 basic principles of ____ and _____ (its opposite). Accommodation - --ANSWER IS---Refers to changes in existing ways of thinking in response to encounters with new stimuli or events. This works in tandem with another to bring about cognitive development. This was one of 2 principles suggested by Piaget as a way to explain how children understand the world. 4 main cognitive development theorists - --ANSWER IS---Piaget, Skinner, Vygostsky, and Bandura Piaget's key constructs - --ANSWER IS---egocentrism and sociocentrismB.