Jean Piaget and his Theories: Cognitive Development and Epistemology

Through play,

children assimilate

information

into their schemas,

and accommodate

to their surroundings.

Play Is

EssentialTo the development

Of the the human mind.

Top Left: Albino Sparrow

Top Right: Mollusk (snail)

Bottom: Museum of Natural History in Neuchatel

Differentiating the

part from the

whole.

Piaget and His Family.

Piaget and His Wife, Valentine.

Assimilation =

Ball Going Thru Net.

Accommodation = Person Shooting Ball.

Assimilation Accommodation

A balance Creates Equilibrium.

An imbalance Creates Disequilibrium.

Sensory Motor (Birth-2)Preoperational (2-7)

Concrete Operations (7-11)Formal Operations (11-16)

The Stages Of Cognitive Development:

“Object

Permanence”

“Egocentrism”

“Interiorized Action”

“Abstract Thought”

Sensory-Motor Stage (Birth-2)

Six Substages:1. Random and reflex actions (0-1)

2. Primary circular reactions (1-4)

3. Secondary circular reactions (4-8)

4. Coordination of secondary schemata (8-14)

5. Tertiary circular reactions (12-18)

6. Invention of new means through mental combinations (18-2yrs)

Sensory Motor Substages (1-3) Random and Reflex Actions (1st substage):

“Random but Important.”Primary Circular Reactions (2nd substage):

“The recognition of shapes, objects and faces.”Secondary Circular Reactions (3rd substage):

“Imitation.”

Sensory Motor Substages (4-6)

Coordination of secondary schemata (4th substage):

“Intent. Object Independence. Symbolic Thought.”Tertiary circular reactions (5th substage):

“Rapid expansion of Schema.”

New Means through new combinations (6th substage):

“Thought before action.”

Preoperational Stage (2-7)

Key Terms and Concepts:

“Egocentric behavior”

“transductive reasoning”

“syncretic thought”

“juxtaposition reasoning”

“animism”

“artificialism”

Preconceptual Stage (ages two to four)

Preceptual or Intuitive Thought Period (ages four to seven)

Preconceptual Stage (2-4)

In the Preconceptual stage the child begins to use language and mental images, and attempts to generalize in illogical ways.

Preceptual/Intuitive Thought Period (4-7)

In the Period of Intuitive Thought, Problem-solving depends on instinctive Thought and appearances, not on judgment Or reasoning.

Concrete Operations (7-11)“… the child now can now operate in thought on concrete objects or their representations.”

--Logic V. Surface Appearances.

Formal Operations (11, or 12 -->)

“Operate on Operations”

“Think about thought rather than about concrete things.”

-- Hypotheses

Epistemology is simply

The development of

Knowledge or logical

Structures over time.

How do we come to know what we know?

Development is continuous and consistent.