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Schema (psychology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A schema (pl. schemata ), in psychology and cognitive science, is a mental structure that represents some aspect of the world. Schemata were initially introduced into psychology and education thro...
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Schema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word schema comes from the Greek word "σχήμα" (skhēma), which means shape, or more generally, plan . The plural is "σχήματα" (skhēmata). In English, both schemas and schemata are used as...
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A schema is a mental structure we use to organize and simplify our knowledge of the world around us. We have schemas about ourselves, other people, mechanical devices, food, and in fact almost everything. ... Schemas can be related to one another, sometimes in a hierarchy (so a salesman is a man is a human).
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Coping Styles are the ways the child adapts to schemas and to damaging childhood experiences. For example, some children surrender to their schemas; some find ways to block out or escape from pain; while other children fight back or overcompensate.
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In everyday life, people rely on cognitive models, maps or schemas of how the world works, to organize their perception of events and determine how to act. These models make up much of the structure of the unconscious mind, on which our conscious thinking and decisions are based.
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3 What do schemas do for us? ... 6 What evidence do we have that schemas exist? ... In all or any of the meanings, schemas (schemata)are mental plans that are abstract and that they function as guides for action, as structure for interpreting information, as frameworks for solving problems. For example, a prehensile schema for...
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Schemas can be useful, because they allow us to take shortcuts in interpreting a vast amount of information. However, these mental frameworks also cause us to exclude pertinent information in favor of information that confirms our pre-existing beliefs and ideas.
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