... stage of intellectual development. Children who are at a certain stage cannot be taught the concepts of a higher stage. Intellectual growth involves three fundamental processes: assimilation, accommodation, and equilibration (Encarta). Assimilation involves the incorporation of new events into pre-existing cognitive structures. Accommodation means existing structures change to accommodate to the new information. This dual process, ... culture that child was raised under. He believed that thinking patterns are not totally due to our biology (Wertsch, 1985). They are products of our intera...

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