Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget 1896-1980. Describes the development in children ages 2-7 operations. Pin On Mental Health Basically this is a staircase model of development. . The concept was first described in 1932 by Frederic Bartlett and Piaget incorporated the term into his theory of cognitive development. Although Piagets theories have had a great impact on developmental psychology his notions. August 9 1896 Switzerland Died. Piagets theory of cognitive development has also been criticised for underestimating the importance of social factors in development. The central concept of the theory is that children actively construct their own cognition or knowledge as a result of their independent explorations. While presented in a series of discrete progressive stages even Piaget believed that development does not always follow such a smooth and predictable path. That is assimilation of new information to. Oksana Kuzminadolla...