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GCSE Psychology · key term
Interpreting a new experience using an existing schema.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Interpreting a new experience using an existing schema without changing its basic structure.
Revise: Piaget’s Stage TheoryAssimilation means interpreting a new experience using an existing schema without changing its basic structure.
Paper 1
Using an existing schema to understand a new object or experience without changing the schema.
Distinguish assimilation from accommodation: using an existing schema is not the same as changing it.
For assimilation, identify the existing schema being used. For accommodation, explain how the schema changes because the new information does not fit.
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Assimilation happens when an existing schema is used to make sense of something new. A child seeing an unfamiliar breed of horse can recognise it as a horse using their existing schema.
