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Rabecca: An example of assimilation is a child seeing a giraffe for the first time and referring to it as a horse. Both share similar bodies and limbs. The child relates these similar body styles as the same animal.

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Rabecca: I have a personal example of accommodation. My daughter loves trains and thinks anything that blows a horn is a train. I corrected her when she called a truck a train because of the horn. Now she knows that trucks, trains and cars all have horns.

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Jen:In assimilation, children make sense of the world by using information on what they already know. So, in other words, assimilation involves recognizing the reality and what he or she experiences the modern/present cognitive design. For example, let’s say your neighbor’s dog which you have known since he was a puppy has always been calm and quite. Then one day the dog is barking and trying to attack someone. The information that you know about the dog and what you are observing is out of character, and something that seems unusual. If you were to dismiss the information that is currently being acted on, you would use assimilation, and just add new information to what you know about the dog.

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Jen:In assimilation, children make sense of the world by using information on what they already know. So, in other words, assimilation involves recognizing the reality and what he or she experiences the modern/present cognitive design. For example, let’s say your neighbor’s dog which you have known since he was a puppy has always been calm and quite. Then one day the dog is barking and trying to attack someone. The information that you know about the dog and what you are observing is out of character, and something that seems unusual. If you were to dismiss the information that is currently being acted on, you would use assimilation, and just add new information to what you know about the dog.

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Jen:Remember the example used for assimilation with the dog being calm all the time and then one day the dog started acting out of character? Well that same example could also be used for accommodation because instead of adding the information to what you already know about the dog, accommodation does something different. Accommodation would make you re-evaluate what you think about that dog, which would mean you are revising what you had thought about the dog in the past. In other words, accommodation means that the opinions/ideas are changed or have been swapped out based on the new information you have taken in.

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Jen:Remember the example used for assimilation with the dog being calm all the time and then one day the dog started acting out of character? Well that same example could also be used for accommodation because instead of adding the information to what you already know about the dog, accommodation does something different. Accommodation would make you re-evaluate what you think about that dog, which would mean you are revising what you had thought about the dog in the past. In other words, accommodation means that the opinions/ideas are changed or have been swapped out based on the new information you have taken in.

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Christine: It seems as though each of these mechanisms, assimilation and accommodation are essential to create a balance in the learning process. Assimilation takes existing knowledge about something (i.e., schemes and structures) and incorporates new information (Acredolo, 1997). It seems that this is a vital first step in learning; however, evolutionary learning comes from progression from assimilation to the next phase of accommodation (Acredolo, 1997). I recently became the main "chef" of our household, and this provides me with a great example of assimilation. While the concept of cooking is relatively familiar to the majority of adults, when we learn a new recipe, or learn how to make meals opposed to mac and cheese, we are using assimilation. We are simply taking existing knowledge, and building on it, or adding to it. Cooking itself is not changing, fundamentally; rather, it is expanding for us. 

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Christine: It seems as though each of these mechanisms, assimilation and accommodation are essential to create a balance in the learning process. Assimilation takes existing knowledge about something (i.e., schemes and structures) and incorporates new information (Acredolo, 1997). It seems that this is a vital first step in learning; however, evolutionary learning comes from progression from assimilation to the next phase of accommodation (Acredolo, 1997). I recently became the main "chef" of our household, and this provides me with a great example of assimilation. While the concept of cooking is relatively familiar to the majority of adults, when we learn a new recipe, or learn how to make meals opposed to mac and cheese, we are using assimilation. We are simply taking existing knowledge, and building on it, or adding to it. Cooking itself is not changing, fundamentally; rather, it is expanding for us. 

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Reference: Acredolo, C. (1997). Understanding Piaget's new theory requires assimilation and accommodation. Human Development, 40(4), 235-238. General OneFile.

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Christine: To move forward and create new knowledge, we learn through accommodation. Piaget claimed that "assimilation is necessary in that it assures the continuity of structures and the integration of new elements..." and "accommodation is necessary to permit structural change, the transformation of structures as a function of the new elements encountered" (Piaget, as cited in Block, 1982, p. 282). Accommodation reproduces and forms the subject, or idea, or whatever is in question, and turns it into an alternate thing separate from what we already know (Block, 1982). Everything we knew about an object that was once familiar to us has taught us that this object is something entirely new and different. The object in question no longer has continuity as it did during assimilation, as it has taken a new form. In accommodation, the new concept can no longer fit in our current schema, and our existing beliefs are completely altered (Block, 1982). When a child is told that Santa Claus is real, and that he leaves presents under the tree, this becomes their belief. The child has a schema, or a framework, which helps them interpret the concept of Christmas. However, as a child grows older, they eventually learn that Santa Claus is not real. They might learn about the story of baby Jesus, and how Christmas is actually a religious celebration. This new information no longer fits with what they already know. If there is no Santa Claus, then Santa Claus does not leave presents, so who does? The schema is then altered, as it adjusts and adapts to the reality that has been presented to them. They realize that their parents probably sneak the presents under the tree. They realize that there is some other reason for Christmas... perhaps Jesus, perhaps something else, but definitely NOT Santa Claus. 

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Christine: To move forward and create new knowledge, we learn through accommodation. Piaget claimed that "assimilation is necessary in that it assures the continuity of structures and the integration of new elements..." and "accommodation is necessary to permit structural change, the transformation of structures as a function of the new elements encountered" (Piaget, as cited in Block, 1982, p. 282). Accommodation reproduces and forms the subject, or idea, or whatever is in question, and turns it into an alternate thing separate from what we already know (Block, 1982). Everything we knew about an object that was once familiar to us has taught us that this object is something entirely new and different. The object in question no longer has continuity as it did during assimilation, as it has taken a new form. In accommodation, the new concept can no longer fit in our current schema, and our existing beliefs are completely altered (Block, 1982). When a child is told that Santa Claus is real, and that he leaves presents under the tree, this becomes their belief. The child has a schema, or a framework, which helps them interpret the concept of Christmas. However, as a child grows older, they eventually learn that Santa Claus is not real. They might learn about the story of baby Jesus, and how Christmas is actually a religious celebration. This new information no longer fits with what they already know. If there is no Santa Claus, then Santa Claus does not leave presents, so who does? The schema is then altered, as it adjusts and adapts to the reality that has been presented to them. They realize that their parents probably sneak the presents under the tree. They realize that there is some other reason for Christmas... perhaps Jesus, perhaps something else, but definitely NOT Santa Claus. 

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Reference: Block, J. (1982). Assimilation, accommodation, and the dynamics of personality development. Child Development, 53(2), 281-295. EBSCOhost.

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Jacie: Assimilation is "the process of fitting new ideas into a preexisting understanding of the world" (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017). An example of this would be starting a new job that is in the same field as a job you previously held, and trying to fit the new job information with the information you already know from your old job. In an example of my life, I work at a bank, and have worked there for over five years. If I suddenly got a position at another bank, I would take my experience at my current bank, and try to fit my training from my new bank into what I already know.

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Jacie: Assimilation is "the process of fitting new ideas into a preexisting understanding of the world" (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017). An example of this would be starting a new job that is in the same field as a job you previously held, and trying to fit the new job information with the information you already know from your old job. In an example of my life, I work at a bank, and have worked there for over five years. If I suddenly got a position at another bank, I would take my experience at my current bank, and try to fit my training from my new bank into what I already know.

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Reference
Matsumoto, D., & Juang, L. (2017). Culture & psychology (6th ed.). Boston MA: Cengage Learning.

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Jacie: Accommodation is "the process of changing one's understanding of the world to accommodate ideas that conflict with existing concepts" (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017, p. 95). Using my previous example of changing jobs, I would have to change the way I think about how the job SHOULD be done, and change to how the new bank wants the job done. Maybe one bank had a very strict policy, but the new bank takes a more lenient approach, and this would be challenging to the way I think.

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Jacie: Accommodation is "the process of changing one's understanding of the world to accommodate ideas that conflict with existing concepts" (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017, p. 95). Using my previous example of changing jobs, I would have to change the way I think about how the job SHOULD be done, and change to how the new bank wants the job done. Maybe one bank had a very strict policy, but the new bank takes a more lenient approach, and this would be challenging to the way I think.

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Reference
Matsumoto, D., & Juang, L. (2017). Culture & psychology (6th ed.). Boston MA: Cengage Learning.

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Assimilation is how we process new ideas into our preexisting understanding of the world (Juang & Matsumoto, 2017). A good example of this for me would be The new Call of Duty that is coming out. I enjoy World War Two, and I love the series because it was based on that. They stopped making the World Ward versions of about a decade, but they just released a new version of the World War two style. While the game is new, with many different features and mode, I can use my previous experience of playing the game to navigate the new version. Games generally follow the game command scheme because a series is made by the same company. They differ from year to year though with new features and modes.

Reference

Juang, L., & Matsumoto, D.(2017). Culture & Psychology (6th ed.). Boston
MA: Cengage Learning.

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Accommodation is when we change our understanding of the world based on new ideas that conflict with the old one (Juang & Matsumoto, 2017). A good example of this would be when we tell our children that Santa is not real. For me the understanding that Christmas present magically got there was one I never questioned because I got presents and what more could I ask for. It was not until being told that he was not real that I had to reevaluate the holiday of Christmas from being one about magic and wonder with presents, but to a day to celebrate with family. The day had now become more one that I appreciate for the togetherness rather than the actual gifts.

Reference

Juang, L., & Matsumoto, D.(2017). Culture & Psychology (6th ed.). Boston MA: Cengage Learning.

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Anthony: Assimilation is the process by which individuals continue to increase knowledge by adopting new information to an already existing understanding of the world (Matsumoto & Huang, 2017). An example of assimilation is the new information on the specific of moral reasoning across cultures. I learned about Kohlberg’s theory of moral in a developmental psychology after which I understood moral reasoning to be universal. This week I had to assimilate the specificity of moral reasoning. I came to understand different cultures resolve moral dilemmas differently (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017).

Reference

Matsumoto, D., Juang, L. (2017). Culture and psychology (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

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Anthony: Accommodation occurs when conflicting information with a preexisting understanding is reconciled to produce a revised understanding of the world (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017). An example of accommodation was my prior understanding that personal identity includes social categories we belong to. However, I came to learn that there is a distinction between personal identity and collective identity with the latter referring to social categories (Matsumoto & Huang, 2017). I had to accommodate this distinction to an already existing understanding of identity.

Reference

Matsumoto, D., Juang, L. (2017). Culture and psychology (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

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Accommodation occurs when conflicting information, with a pre-existing understanding is reconciled to produce a received understanding of the world (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017). It occurs when there is a change to one's understanding of the world in order to accommodate ideas that come. An example of combination is when we learn and have the same computer processing program at work and it changes to a new one. This would result in accommodation. The information in a which we previously knew and did to complete a task is now a different process and program.

References

Matsumoto, D., Juang, L. (2017). Culture and psychology (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

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Sarah:
Assimilation is the process of putting new ideas and we pre-existing understanding of the world (Matsumoto & Juang, 2017). An example of assimilation is when a older infant or toddler is trying food. They have a basic understanding of past experiences that is food they are eating. New information comes in about what the food is as they're able to understand it and talk more. So for a while child will think I'm eating a meal or food it is not until later that a name is then introduced and put with that pre-existing information to create the full idea that that child is eating for example a piece of bread.

Reference

Matsumoto, D., Juang, L. (2017). Culture and psychology (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.