Explain in your own words the difference between accommodati

Explain in your own words the difference between accommodation and assimilation. Explain one life situation in which you found it easy to assimilate into a new situaton. Explain one life situation in which you had to struggle to assimilate.

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Assimilation vs Accommodation

Assimilation and accommodation are very important processes that are believed to be complimentary and necessary for cognitive development of human beings. If this sounds too heavy, think of assimilation as the process of absorption; as like a local culture absorbs cultural influences from outside cultures or conquerors of a nation. On the other hand, accommodation can be thought of as giving way to a friend on your seat in school. Often people get confused between the principles of assimilation and accommodation because of overlapping and similarities. This article attempts to clarify all doubts by highlighting differences between the two.

The principles of assimilation and accommodation were used by social scientist Piaget, to describe the process of cognitive development. This is a theory that talks about development of intelligence in human beings. A growing toddler makes sense of the world and things around him using both assimilation and accommodation.

Assimilation

Human beings, when confronted with unfamiliar surroundings, perceive and then adapt to the new information. An infant knows how to handle a rattle as he picks it up and thrusts it into his mouth. But when he gets a hard object like his mother’s mobile, he learns to handle it in a different manner. The new way of handling an object is referred to as assimilation as the baby fits this method of handling into his old schema. In ancient times, when a country was invaded, and the conquerors tried to force their culture and religion on the locals, the locals learnt to absorb the influences of outside culture, which is another example of assimilation. Thus, assimilation is the process of adaptation where ideas and concepts are made to fit in alongside pre-existing ideas and concepts to make sense. A small child who has seen pet dog at home, when he gets to see a new breed of dog, he tries to fit in the image of the new creature into his mind and still perceives it as a dog. He fits the new image into the pre-existing image of a dog in his head to conclude that the new creature also is a dog.

Accommodation

This is a process of learning or adaptation that is complementary to assimilation. This refers to the process where a small child needs to alter the pre-existing schema inside his mind to make sense of new things that he encounters in the outside world. Let us extend the example of dog to understand accommodation. A small kid has seen the friendly and playful nature of his dog at home, but when he encounters the aggressive nature of a dog outside, he is frightened as he has to alter the image of a dog inside his mind to include vicious and aggressive behavior to complete the image of dogs. So when a child has been forced to change his pre-existing ideas to make way for new and unexpected information, he is making use of accommodation to make sense of the outside world.

For example, let\'s imagine that your neighbors have a daughter who you have always known to be sweet, polite and kind. One day, you glance out your window and see the girl throwing a snowball at your car. It seems out of character and rather rude, not something you would expect from this girl. How do you interpret this new information?

If you use the process of assimilation, you might dismiss the girl\'s behavior, believing that maybe it\'s something she witnessed a classmate doing and that she does not mean it to be impolite. You\'re not revising your opinion of the girl, you are simply adding new information to your existing knowledge. She\'s still a kind child, but now you know that she also has a mischievous side to her personality.

If you were to utilize the second method of adaptation described by Piaget, the young girl\'s behavior might cause you to reevaluate your opinion of her. This process is what Piaget referred to as accommodation, in which old ideas are changed or even replaced based on new information.

More Examples of Assimilation

One life situation in which you had to struggle to assimilate.

My father was born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana and my mother was born in Fairfield, California, raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and has lived in Indiana since marriage. My brother and I were both born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Geographically, my family has not assimilated much, but in many other ways we have. For example, my parents have both had to assimilate a great amount when they got married. They had to learn to accept each other\'s differences in culture and customs and agree to certain things that they would do when living together and raising children. Holidays are example of this as my parents were two different religions. My mother was more traditional than my father and when they had their first child (me,) they compromised on what their children would be exposed to. Another example of assimilation in my family is child upbringing, which corresponds with my previous example. My parents had to decide how their children would be raised. One final example of assimilation in my family\'s difference is holiday traditions. My mother has always wrapped presents and my father never has which my mother found to be weird at first. However, she got used to not wrapping presents and found it time-saving later.
Me at 3 years old in the bottom left with my family.
Julia Simler, Period 8
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Vol XCIII, No. 311
What does it mean?
Assimilation
How does assimilation connect?
Connection to ARITS and TFA
Assimilation is the process of absorbing one cultural group into another. This could suggest introducing new customs or aspects of a foreign culture into one\'s life whether it is done forcefully or with one\'s will. Assimilation is a process though and make take time to complete. For example, it may take months, years, or even the span of a few generations. The outcome of this long-awaited process may be either positive or negative depending upon the person and the many factors that the individual has coped with throughout their lifetime such as money, . Assimilation usually has a long-lasting effect on the individual or individuals involved.
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TIMES OF ASSIMILATION
My Personal Assimilation based on Expectations
My Personal Assimilation based on my Upbringing
Personal Experiences
How have I been affected by assimilation as an individual?
My Personal Assimilation based on Education/School
Everyone has had to assimilate at one point in their lives, whether they knew it or not. For some, this might be coming to a new country and having to learn to fit in with society. For others, this might be starting a new job or school and having to learn the new surroundings there. However, the effects of the process are similar. Assimilation usually changes a person\'s personality, behavior, or interests in some way. This change is not always what the person wants and this can lead to conflict. Many refugees, for example, are forced to assimilate when they come to America in order to get a job and earn money. A forced assimilation can be anything from requiring someone to learn a new language to requiring them to accept different beliefs other than their own. These examples of forced assimilation can make people feel lonely, scared, and confused and cause them to lash out or refuse to cooperate. Though in some cases, those who at first refuse and later accept assimilation may find that they are better off that way. Assimilation by choice can leave people feeling more knowledgeable and culturally-aware and allow them to experience society in a more comfortable way. The impact it leaves on people is huge as assimilation doesn\'t just change one person\'s life, but changes the lives of all their descendants in the future. The entire process of assimilation is dependent on many factors including a person\'s upbringing, goals, community, school, or physical aspects like race or gender which can also affect the outcome.
Ever since kindergarten, I\'ve learned just a little bit faster than most people. I remember in third grade always having advanced spelling lists, being in the hardest reading groups, and being in high math. Therefore, I was used to a little challenge. But when I came into Horizons in fourth grade, things were pretty different. There was no real advanced group because everyone was advanced. The work was harder and there was more of it. That was my first year ever getting a B. Horizons caused me to assimilate. I had to to learn to push myself and adjust to the work load. That process took until fifth grade where I continued getting straight A\'s. This change I had to make was definitely a choice because I could have let the work pile up and continue struggling, but I chose to rise to the occasion. The results were very positive because Horizons and the changes I had to make better prepared me for middle school, ninth grade, and eventually the future.

A Raisin in the
Over the years, trying to keep up with what\'s popular is difficult. One day, there will be a certain brand of shoe that\'s popular and the next day, there will be another. I\'ve experienced this type of assimilation of trying to change myself to fit with what\'s popular a great deal over the years. I\'ve always tried to keep up with the newest trends to some extent, but sometimes it\'s hard. This type of assimilation is done by choice. The process doesn\'t take to long to complete, but can be very challenging to keep up with. The results lead to someone who isn\'t necessarily them self, but society\'s view of what they should be. I\'ve learned over the years that assimilating in this way might not be what is best for the individual.
My father grew up playing and watching sports whereas my mother grew up doing more arts and crafts and photography and watching theater. These two very different interests influenced my interests as I grew up. When I was young, I was not a very athletic person and didn\'t participate in any sport. I was more in to theater and art. This was probably influenced by my mother as we did lots of arts and crafts and went to plays. But going into middle school, I wanted to try sports. More specifically, I wanted to try volleyball. When I made the team, this really began my journey and love for the sport. Playing a fall sport turned in to doing both a winter and spring sport as well. This sudden energy for sports was probably influenced by my father. This shows how I have assimilated between the two interests and have changed a lot recently. This process has only been two and a half years so far, but I hope to be playing sports throughout all of high school. This choice of mine to begin playing sports had led to many positive results including my nomination for Athlete of the Year at Chapel Hill in eighth grade.
The years you are a teen are the years that you are most curious about finding out how you fit in and who you are. Assimilation can play a huge part during these years as assimilation is a huge part of finding your true self. In 2015 especially, teens are being exposed to all kinds of new knowledge and are at the age where they are most influenced. They are beginning to develop their own opinions that may be different than the opinions of their parents, which is where assimilation comes into play. Leaving the ideas and beliefs that you were raised with and developing your own can be a painful process, especially for young teens. The impact this usually leaves is long-lasting and can affect relationships between people.
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Lorraine Hansberry\'s
A Raisin in the Sun
tells the story of a struggling, African-American family in the 1950\'s. This story is a prime example of assimilation due to the changes happening around this family and the conflicts that arise due to their situation. Beneatha deals with the struggle of assimilation quite noticeably throughout the play. Her struggle begins when one of her boyfriends named Asagai accuses Beneatha of assimilating, to which she is not pleased. Beneatha attempts to try to find her African roots by dressing as an African woman and listening to African music. Her other boyfriend George does not approve of her attempts to find her African roots. He believes the whole business is silly and uncalled for. Both of these men in some way are attempting to determine how Beneatha should act based upon her roots and skin color. Beneatha herself is struggling with which part of her life she is more herself, her more modernized American version or her more traditional African version. The truth is that Beneatha is not either completely. Her African roots are still in her blood, even if they are not as pronounced as her American lifestyle. She has assimilated into an African-American woman. Another example of assimilation in this novel is the family\'s lifestyle and how they have had to adapt to living modestly. They are cramped into a small space and everyone is working a job that they might not care for, but they had to assimilate into this culture because they were running out of money. The problems that face them soon are their attempts to assimilate away from this lifestyle so quickly, which may result in unintelligent uses of money.
Chinua Achebe\'s
Things Fall Apart
tells the story of Okonkwo, a man living in the village of Umuofia in Africa. The role of assimilation comes into this novel a little later in the story after we learn of Okonkwo\'s undeniable prosperity, success, and harsh nature. It begins with the arrival of white men whose purpose was to convert men and women alike to their new religion of Christianity. Many are skeptical at first, but after many instances of amazement of the church, many begin to convert. This causes conflict among the village and especially with Okonkwo and his extreme belief of following your father\'s ancestor\'s. This converting of religion can be linked to assimilation due to the fact that many of the people in the village left all of their life-long beliefs for new beliefs. Nwoye\'s conversion severely angers Okonkwo, who had raised his children believing they would never disobey his beliefs. Overall, this assimilation begins to make the village crumble. Many begin to assimilate and leave behind the village\'s religion. But while many do this, it is evident that Okonkwo would rather die than admit weakness and join a religion that goes against his beliefs.
Me at 10 years old seeing a musical.
Me at 12 years old on the CHC 7th grade volleyball team.
Me at 11 years old with my friends and our Straight A\'s trophies.
An example of one popular trend that I own personally.