Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
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- eurocrat_au
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» eurocrat_au - Monsieur Piaget is an idiot
I know, I know, this is really strong, but somehow I've never liked his philosophy or thought it was true of all children. There are many forms and values of development apart from what he considered important, some of which are not in the exam room of psychological testing. What I should like to know is whether someone can not go through the Piagetian stages and still be considered normal?I understand his philosophy and everything, and I should like to know also what relevance it has to child development today and how parents and teachers look at it? And how flexible is it compared to other psychologies?
-- posted by eurocrat_au
» Tkuther - Actually that's a good question.
Actually that's a good question. Now it's understood that development isn't as stage like as Piaget's stages imply - there are more continuities. The information processing theorists pointed out that some cognitive abilities develop in a much more quantitative way. In Piaget's defense, though, in the latter part of his career he added a the notion of assimilation and accommodation as the processes of development - this is the continuous part of his theory.What does it mean for parents and educators? Sometimes a child doesn't perform a task because he or she isn't ready - we shouldn't rush children's development. It also means that a stimulating environment can promote development, though - I'll write an article about the other part of Piaget's theory (assimilaton and accommodation).
Thanks for posting!
-- posted by Tkuther
» walkatf - Re: Actually that's a good question.
In response to message posted by Tkuther:My question is a little different I work with severely challenged adults and switch technology to control their environment. We already know that small infants can learn cause and effect ie the ribbon and mobile experiment. would there be changes if the infant had switches that would alter thier enviroment, light sound and temp .Right now there are toys that alter stimulus would altering the environment a concept they could learn by random discovery?
-- posted by walkatf
» Dutchman2000 - Information processing
Hi,I was wondering if anybody here knows any good links on Information processing with regard to Piaget. Im looking for a breakdown of the major concepts and their explanations. Otherwise, if anyone here has a good understading of it, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
-- posted by Dutchman2000
» Psychgrl - Re: Monsieur Piaget is an idiot
In response to message posted by eurocrat_au:IPiaget's's defense, that article is a very very brief summary of one of his theories.Piaget's's theories on child development are very complex, and his work is still admired and referenced today. Of course, new research has shown that he was wrong in some aspects but he pioneered the way for many theories of developmental psychology.
-- posted by Psychgrl
» Narslayer - Re: Re: Monsieur Piaget is an idiot
In response to message posted by psyhboy:May I add in Monsieur Piaget defense, (Idiot) "A retarded person mentally equal or inferior to a child of two years old. A very foolish or stupid person". I do not believe any person meeting those standards could make such an impact on Developmental Psychology with his (Theories) as Paiget has. What are the standards for normality? If one needs to understand what his work has done, remove some of the (Theoretical) stages in the development of an individual and one may see how "Abnormal" development occurs.
-- posted by Narslayer
» Graham4 - Re: Monsieur Piaget is an idiot
In response to message posted by eurocrat_au:Calling him an 'idiot' is going a bit far I believe! I always think that when analysing the theories of any psychologist, one must take into account the particular culture, religion and era of that psychologist. Even nowadays, the differences in culture of two countries that otherwise seem very similar such as the UK and US will still effect the views that an American or a British person will have on developmental psychology. Piaget was Swiss and was born in the same period that most of our grandparents were! Piaget brought many good theories to psychology that we can weed out and work on even today with our more balanced approach as far as the nature-nurture debate is concerned..Idiot or not.. He gave us many good theories to think about!
-- posted by Graham4
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