Transcription of Piaget’s Theory
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1 piaget s Theory The first cognitive Theory , developed byJean piaget beginning about 1920. piaget observed and described children atdifferent ages. His Theory is very broad, from birth throughadolescence, and includes concepts oflanguage, scientific reasoning, moraldevelopment, and s Assumptions AboutChildren Children construct their own knowledge inresponse to their experiences. Children learn many things on their ownwithout the intervention of older children oradults. Children are intrinsically motivated to learnand do not need rewards from adults tomotivate vs. Nurture Nature and nurture interact to producecognitive development. Nature: maturation of brain and body; abilityto perceive, learn, act; motivation Nurture: Adaptation: Children respond to the demands of theenvironment in ways that meet their own goals. Organization: Children integrate particularobservations into a body of coherent vs. Discontinuous Sources of continuity: Assimilation: People translate incoming information into aform they can vs.
Concrete Operations Stage •Conservation concept - changing the appearance or arrangement of objects does not change their key properties. •Highly abstract thinking and reasoning about hypothetical situations still remains very difficult. Conservation Concepts
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