Definition of "schemas" [schemas]

• Plural form of schema. (noun)

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• "Of equal importance to the current discussion is a view of consciousness as a complement to an underlying representational system that is characterized by schemas represented by distributed features cf."
• "Our ability to make sense of movie plots, to navigate novel situations, or even to form first impressions of the people we meet is greatly aided by what we psychologists call schemas."
• "Maybe in the future, I'll describe the theory of frames though in this theory, they're called schemas that I think we should use."