existing schema

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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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schema
noun[C]
uk
/ˈskiː.mə/us
/ˈskiː.mə/
a drawing that represents an idea or theory and makes it easier ...
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(Definition ofexistingandschemafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Existingschemafacilitate developing expectations of characters, patterns of behavior, and appropriate endings in comparable stories.
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It is here that psychoanalysis begins to accommodate older age rather than simply assimilating it into anexistingschema.
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It could be argued that at this juncture excitatory connections might have triggered some features of elaboration knowledge to enable the participants to build upon theirexistingschematemplate.
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New experiences are assimilated and integrated intoexistingschemaor into schema under construction through the process of accommodation.
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When information is new and can not fit intoexistingschemathis is called disequilibrium and this is an unpleasant state for the childs development.
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Assimilation is when a child responds to a new event in a way that is consistent with anexistingschema.
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Social cognition researchers are interested in how new information is integrated into pre-established schemas, especially when that information contrasts with theexistingschema.
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That is, when new frames invite people to apply theirexistingschemato an issue, the implication of that application depends, in part, on what is in that schema.
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Since theexistingschemais not touched, this gives the benefit of being able to evolve the database in a highly iterative manner and without causing any downtime.
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If there are no relevant existing schemas a new schema may be created, assessed and implemented.
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However, when the new information can not be ignored, existing schemata must be changed or new schemata must be created (accommodation).
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However, if no existing schemata can respond, the result is cognitive paralysis, otherwise exhibiting irrational behaviour.
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If there are no existing schemata related to the issue then under attentional control a new schema may be created, assessed and implemented.
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The common use of these schemas suggests that memory is not an identical reproduction of experience, but a combination of actual events with already existing schemas.
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