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Schemas

Schemas are cognitive frameworks that help us to organise and interpret information. They are developed through experience and can affect our cognitive processing.

In terms of cognition & development, Piaget viewed schemas as the basic unit or building block of intelligent behavior. He described them as mental structures that help to organise past experiences and provide a way of understanding future experiences. For Piaget, a schema can be a physical action or skill, an idea, or a piece of knowledge.