Jean Piaget Schema. As experiences happen this new information is used to modify add to or change previously existing schemas. Theory of cognitive development 1.
For example a child may have a schema about a type of animal such as a dog. Schemas are categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and understand the world. Piaget defined schemas as basic units of knowledge that related to all aspects of the world.
As experiences happen this new information is used to modify add to or change previously existing schemas.
Jean piaget was a swiss developmental psychologist who studied children in the early 20th century. Eldest son of arthur piaget and rebecca jackson. Theorist jean piaget introduced the term schema and its use was popularized through his work. In piaget s view a schema includes both a category of knowledge and the process of obtaining that knowledge.