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What new experience does the patient meet?Tap a term: its definition, what you can do with it, and how often the exam asks it.
Definition: an organised mental structure from past experience, used to interpret and predict new experiences.
You can: Tell a schema from a single memory by whether the child reuses an organised framework to predict new experiences.
Definition: changing an existing schema so new information can fit.
You can: Tell accommodation from an unchanged schema by whether the child's existing framework changes so new information fits.
Definition: knowing that an amount stays the same when its appearance changes.
You can: Name conservation when a child knows an amount stays the same after its appearance changes.
Each card is one term. The grey line is what the patient says, which is what the question stem gives.
Summary
A schema is an organised mental structure built from past experience.
A is an organised mental structure built from past experience. A child uses a schema to interpret and predict new experiences. Adults also use schemas in many settings, including forming impressions of other people.
Memory holds a schema as an organised set of facts. The mind uses the schema to build and rebuild remembered information. During recall, people may distort information to fit their schema or a cultural stereotype. The distortion biases what they remember.
Amira, a young schoolchild, sees a coach for the first time on a school trip. Amira says, "The coach will have wheels, seats and a driver."
A looks like a schema at first. A single memory holds one past event. The reusable framework that predicts many new experiences is the schema.
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