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        | new scheme, give up something for something new. (what you experience in the world, talking out a believed truth and replacing it with truth) |  | 
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        | putting something in to something that already exists (what you already know, just add on to the base) |  | 
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        | the natural tendency to make sense of experiences by integrating them into cognitive structures that are logically related |  | 
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        | the cognitive structure produced as a result of the development process. they are organized patters of behavior or thought, produced through interaction with the environment. mental concept |  | 
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        | the natural tendency to maintain a balance between what one already know, the cognitive network, and what one experiences in the world. |  | 
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        | when we experience something that does not fit what we know we experience anxiety , discomfort, or confusion |  | 
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        | the natural process of adjusting our thinking, or our environment, so that balance exists between what we know and what we experience. |  | 
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        | an action whih can be carried outmentally. frees us from having to perform the actions literally |  | 
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        | the ability to recognize that properties stay the same despite changes in appearance or position |  | 
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        | the ability to focus on more than one aspect of a situation at a time, and is a reflection of higher level thinking |  | 
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        | the ability to mentally undo an action. |  | 
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        | the inability to see something from another person's point of view |  | 
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        | allows others to replicate their studies |  | 
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        | based on precise data gathered from teh natural world. it builds a knowlege base in a neutral, unbiased manner. seeks to measure the world precisely. reports findings clearly so them be duplicated |  | 
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        | the gradual, orderyly process by which mantal processes become more complex and sophisticated. |  | 
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        | Piagets' stages of cognitive development |  | Definition 
 
        | sensorimotor (reflex), preoperation (symbols), concrete operational (literal, personal thinking), formal operation (abstract thinking) |  | 
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        | kohlberg's stages of moral meaning |  | Definition 
 
        | Punishment & obedience, let's make a deal, good boy - nice girl, law & order, social contract, universal ethical principal |  | 
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        | fowler's stages of faith development |  | Definition 
 
        | imaginative faith, take bible literally, parent's faith, make faith your own, see both sides & accept diff. views. |  | 
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        | Erickson's stages of psychosocial development |  | Definition 
 
        | trust v. mistrust autonomy v. shame & doubt
 initiative v. guilt
 industry v. inferiority
 identity v. role confusion
 intimacy v. isolation
 generativity v. stagnation
 integrity v. despair
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