the process in cognitive development, involving assimilation and
accommodation, whereby infants adapt their schemas in response
to new experiences
assimilation
the process in developmental change whereby new experiences are
incorporated into existing schemas, thus expanding them
accommodation
the process in cognitive development whereby infants change
and expand their previous schemas to include new experiences
equilibration
the process whereby infants seek a fit between an old schema and a new environmental experiences
through repeating the actions that facilitates the new experience