Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Glossary -- Observation -- TFY-C1


Glossary

Chapter 1


AccommodationAccommodation is achieved when we can do the thinking needed to create a new schema or modify an old schema in order to explain a new experience.
AssimilationAssimilation is achieved when we can integrate new experiences into existing schemas.
DisequilibriumThe confusion and discomfort felt when a new experience cannot be integrated into existing schemas.
EquilibriumA stable inner feeling of well being that we feel when our thinking enables us to modify or create a new schema that better explains our world.
HypothesisHypothesis is a trial idea, tentative explanation, or theory that can be tested and used to further an investigation.
ObserveTo watch with attentive awareness.
PerceivingTo regard and interpret what the senses tell us.
Principal claim and reasonsThese are the two parts of an argument. The principal claim is the thesis or conclusion. The reasons support this claim through evidence or other claims. A claim is an assertion about something.
SchemaSchemas are the mental files in which we store our explanations of experiences.
SensingTo make use of such senses as sight, hearing, and touch.
ThinkingPurposeful mental activity such as reasoning, deciding, judging, believing, supposing, expecting, intending, recalling, remembering, visualizing, imagining, devising, inventing, concentrating, conceiving, considering.

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