notes: abstract of Piadet's theory

These five ideas make up the core of Piaget's theory. You get some information; you interpret it; you get new information; you try to fit it in; if you can't, you change your interpretation. If you imagine this process repeated again and again, it's easy to see how people can get better and better at interpreting their environments, and why you might think something kind of crazy for a while, until your schema is challenged. (Don't believe me? Watch Dr. Phil sometime---it's like disequilibration central around there.)