week 2 post 2

Week 2 post 2

I personally think that the most interesting thing in chapter 2 is later in the chapter when the author discusses Cognitive equilibrium. I am very fascinated with cognitive equilibrium it’s an interesting concept how us as individual learn things and process them so that we can understand them better. The fact that cognitive equilibrium is a state of mental balance according to the book; it’s the easiest way to interpret new experiences. I think that assimilation and accommodation are too terms that tie into cognitive equilibrium well. While I think a if not careful some could mistaken these terms for each other since assimilation has to deal with the reinterpretation of new experiences fitting into old ideas and accommodation is reconstruction of old ideas to include new experiences.