1. Noun
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.
2. Noun
A mental pattern that helps organise knowledge and expectations.
An organised mental framework used to interpret and categorise information.
“The new evidence challenged the existing schema.”
3. Noun
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
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