Psych - Schema theory

What is schema theory?

cognitive framework that posits that individuals label, organise and classify information using mental representations (schemas) they have constructed about the world

schema

mental representations(blueprints) that organize our knowledge, beliefs, and expectations, formed from past experience

schema congruence

schema incongruence

Name the five steps of schema formation

• selection

• assimilation

• interpretation

• integration

• reconstruction

Which study identified the processes of schema formation?

Define selection and give an example

Define assimilation and give an example

Define interpretation and give an example

Define integration and give an example

Define reconstruction and give an example

Apply the five processes of schema formation in the context of a child forming