Piaget’s stages of development include sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. While there is some criticism of them, they may help characterize child development.

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) always considered himself a natural scientist, not a psychologist. As a boy he quickly gave up play and pretend to take refuge in "work" -- exploring internal combustion ...

Learning is a practice question but it is ussually guided or followed by a hidden or clear theory. The theory makes possible to know the practice and to improve upon it. The theory of learning ...

Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is best known for his theories of cognitive development in children. Two of the cognitive processes he explored extensively were assimilation and ...

Psychology graduate students with interests in Cognition or Cognitive Development engage in doctoral training that promotes expertise in the theories, current knowledge, and research paradigms in ...

Human Development, Vol. 36, No. 2 (1993), pp. 61-81 (21 pages) In this article we examine the theories of Vygotsky, Piaget, and Bandura as they deal with the relation between the social world and ...

WHEELING, W.Va., -- A Wheeling Jesuit University psychology class recently invited six children to answer a variety of questions to test how they think. The answers obtained verified that children ...

The world our children will grow up in is changing at an unprecedented pace. Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and other technological advancements are reshaping industries, careers, and even ...