Piaget's systematic account of intelligence as biological adaptation — the process of assimilation and accommodation through which the organism maintains equilibrium with the environment.
Intelligence as adaptation: not a fixed quantity but a process — assimilation (fitting new experience into existing schemas) and accommodation (modifying schemas to fit new experience). Schemas: the cognitive structures through which we engage the world. The four stages of cognitive development as a framework for intelligence development.
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