Schema, Assimilation, and Association Discussion

Today, in class, we were talking about schema's, accommodation, and assimilation. I think this is very true and I can see this in every child I see. Even in some adults! The examples Mrs. Daniels was giving us made so much sense. The example about her mother and the pierced earrings and tattoos was very good. I can relate this example to my own family. My grandma had a big deal when my mom wanted to get her ears pierced. It was simply not allowed. Yet when my mom was 18 and out of my grandmothers rule, she did it. My grandma, today, compliments on my mothers ears, and my own. My mom, learning how unfair her mom was to her, pierced my little sister's ears and my own when we were small children. Realizing pierced ears were pretty and inhumane to adolescence, loved the idea.
Another example that came up in group discussion was when a child first gets a hair cut. The child perceives the salon as a scary place that will hurt them. They don't know that getting your hair cut doesn't hurt. I remember watching Rugrats where Chucky was getting his first haircut. Angelica pulled out one of his hairs and said "now imagine how bad it will hurt to get ALL of your hairs cut!" and that scared Chucky. Then when his father finally got him to the chair and finally got his hair cut, Chucky said "This isn't so bad at all!" This would be a perfect example of these vocabulary words because it shows how Chucky accommodated to his schema of a haircut. Chucky's assimilation of a haircut changed from hurting and scary to fun and loves it. Also, my grandma's schema about pierced earrings changed to something bad and "sassy" to something that makes you "beautiful".