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Schema (psychology)

In psychology and cognitive science, a schema (pl.: schemata or schemas) describes a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them. It can also be described as a mental structure of preconceived ideas, a framework representing some aspect of the world, or a system of organizing and perceiving new…

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Schematic processing

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Self-schema

Schema therapy

Schemata during old age

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Schema (psychology)

Nodes71
Edges70
Triples7
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028169
Components1

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schemata schema information new people also may knowledge cognitive example memory world self-schema help piaget memories schemas however recall work

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current activationinstance ofThrough different factors0.80text
accessibilityinstance ofThrough different factors0.80text
priminginstance ofThrough different factors0.80text
and emotioninstance ofThrough different factors0.80text
a specific schema can be selected.Accessibility is how easily a schema can come to mindinstance ofThrough different factors0.80text
and is determined by personal experienceinstance ofThrough different factors0.80text
expertiseinstance ofThrough different factors0.80text

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