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According to Piaget, during rapid cognitive change, children are in a state of ____________, or cognitive discomfort.

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According to Piaget, during rapid cognitive change, children are in a state of **disequilibrium**, or cognitive discomfort.

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According to Piaget's theory , cognitive disequilibrium is described as the state of cognitive imbalance.

For example, a child learning how to tie her/his shoes may face a state of disequilibrium as he/she works to physically maneuver the laces while thinking through the steps as he/she tries to develop a new schema for shoe tying.

Disequilibrium is also used to describe a deficit of surplus in a country's balance of payments thus when encountering information that requires us to develop new scheme or modify existing scheme.

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