Robyn Davidson

I do not mean to say that we should, or could, return to traditional nomadic economies. I do mean to say that there are systems of knowledge and grand poetical schemata derived from the mobile life that it would be foolish to disregard or underrate. And mad to destroy.

Australian Writer

Lawrence Kohlberg

The problem of moral change would appear to be one of presenting stimuli which are both sufficiently incongruous as to stimulate conflict in the child's existing stage schemata and sufficiently congruous as to be assimilable with some accomodative effort.

American Educator

Jean Piaget

The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching.

Swiss Psychologist

Pierre Schaeffer

In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed.

French Composer

Thomas Mann

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits out of the unconscious.

German Writer

Angela Carter

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.

English Novelist

Used to describe any structured plan or outline, not limited to buildings or physical structures.

General Usage

Can be abstract, like a theory, system of ideas, or process flow.

Not Just Physical

Helps explain new experiences by relating them to existing knowledge or processes.

Understanding The Unknown

Schemas simplify complex realities to make sense of the world, often subconsciously.

Mental Shortcuts

Presents tables, fields, and relationships of databases in a simplified diagram.

Technical Blueprint

In computing, it's foundational for designing software and understanding databases.

Foundation for Tech

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 to go together into the unknown, about motivation. So I turned to improvisation theater, and I told my students from day one what's going to happen when you start research, and this has to do with our mental schema of what research will be like. Because you see, whenever people do anything,

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