Question

Peggy finds that yelling at her dog is an effective way to get the dog to learn to behave. Peggy has recently taken a job as a substitute Spanish teacher at a local middle school. During her first week of class, Peggy becomes aware that yelling at her students is not an effective way to get them to learn to behave. Piaget would say that Peggy’s situation would likely lead her to experience cognitive

Answer 1

Answer: disequilibrium.

Explanation:

The concept of cognitive disequilibrium is part of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and describes a situation of cognitive imbalance when we find information that challenges us to generate a new schema or revise the existing one. In this example, Peggy experiences cognitive disequilibrium because she realises that the way she deals with dogs is not suitable to deal with students.