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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2012-24, Social Research Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/socialresearch/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Schema
Schema, as a concept used by developmental cognitive psychologists, is a mental mirror of a real situation.
Learning, according to this approach, occurs when we integrate new associations and relations between objects into our schemata.
Piaget is an example of a psychologist who uses the schema approach.
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