John Piaget

John Piaget
August 9, 1896 September 16, 1980

Biography
August 9, 1896 September 16, 1980
Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland Swiss child psychologist who studies how children make decisions

Biography
John Piaget is known for his work and study on children and his theory of cognitive development. He began scientific research and the early age of eleven. Piaget wrote more than sixty book and hundreds of articles in his lifetime. He also created the Modern Test of Intelligence. He was married in 1923, to Valentine Chatenay and they had three children together. John studied his children right from birth. Piaget made his proposal for his theory in 1969.

INTRODUCTION
Scientific Theorist John Piaget (view is constructivist) Paigets theory states that childrens cognitive development advances in four stages and distinct mental operations. Piaget also proposed that moral reasoning develops in three stages. Stage 1 Ages 2-7 Stage 2 Ages 7 or 8 to 10 or 11 Stage 3 Ages 11 or 12

Dynamic Development Includes:

Organization Schemes Adaptation Assimilation Accommodation Equilibration

The Four Stages of Cognitive Development:

Sensory Motor(Birth-2) Object Permanence Preoperational(2-7) Egocentrism Concrete Operations(7-11) Interiorized Action Formal Operations(11-16) Abstract Thought

Sensory Motor(Birth-2) Object Permanence

Random and reflex actions Development of sensory and motor ability in relation to the environment The recognition of shapes and objects and faces Imitation ability occurs

Preoperational(2-7) Egocentrism
Perceptual and Intuitive Thought Period Children use language and mental images in illogical ways Thought and appearance are important Lack in judgment or reasoning to solve problems

Concrete Operations(7-11) Interiorized Action

.the child now can operate in thought on concrete objects or their representations.

Formal Operations(11-16) Abstract Thought

Operate on Operations Thinking about thought rather than about concrete things.

Cognitive Stage Theory

Piaget developed the study of cognitive development by sitting with children and asking them questions to see how exactly their mind works. He set the children up in a variety of settings for his study.

The Three Mountain Task was developed by Jean Piaget and Brbel Inhelder in the 1940s. In the task, a child faced a display of three model mountains while a researcher placed a doll at different viewpoints of the display. The researcher asked the child to reconstruct the display from the doll's perspective, select from a set of pictures showing the doll's view, and identify a viewpoint for the doll specified by a picture of the display.

Cognitive Stage Theory

Organization
the creation of categories or systems of knowledge

Adaptation
adjustment to new information, achieved by process of elimination and assimilation

Equilibration- a
constant striving for a stable balance