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 ...

What Are the Piaget Stages of Development? Piaget's stages of development are part of a theory about the phases of normal intellectual development from infancy through adulthood, including thought, ...

IT is late afternoon, but the four-year-old insists: “It can’t be. I haven’t had my nap.” Such is the mind of the child, by most indications illogical and full of nonsense. Not so, says Jean Piaget, a ...

Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has been a central framework for understanding how children grow and learn. His model describes development through four sequential stages: sensorimotor, ...

Henrike Moll receives funding from the Office of Naval Research. Until a few decades ago, scholars believed that young children know very little, if anything, about what others are thinking. Swiss ...

Claudia Hammond revisits Jean Piaget's Swiss Mountain experiment to ask whether the conclusions concerning young children's essential egocentrism are accurate. Show more We have to thank the Swiss ...

Rufus Tony Spann, Ph.D., L.C.P.C., L.P.C. Mental Health / Holistic Health Dr. Rufus Tony Spann is a nationally certified school psychologist, licensed professional counselor, yoga teacher and reiki ...

We have to thank the Swiss developmental psychologist, Jean Piaget for 'learning by play' applied to the classroom - a personal discovery which he believed to be far more effective than sitting in ...