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Born: 9 August 1896, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Died: 16 September 1980 (aged 84), Geneva, Switzerland. Known for: Constructivism, genetic epistemology, theory of cognitive development, object permanence and egocentrism. Type of theory: psychological and 6/5/12
Its a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of humanintelligence. It is primarily known as a developmental stage theory , but in fact, it deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans come gradually to acquire it, construct it, 6/5/12
perceive and adapt to new information. It is the process of taking ones environment and new information and fitting it into pre-existing cognitive schemas. Assimilation occurs when humans are faced with new or unfamiliar information and refer to previously learned information in order to make sense of it.
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Accommodation: unlike assimilation is the process of taking one's environment and new information, and altering one's pre-existing schemas in order to fit in the new information.
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Piaget's understanding is that these two functions cannot exist without the other. To assimilate an object into an existing mental schema, one first needs to take into account or accommodate to the particularities of this object to a certain extent; for instance, to recognize (assimilate) an apple as an apple one needs first to focus (accommodate) on the contour of this object. To do this one needs to 6/5/12
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Sensoriomotor Stage In this stage knowledge of the world is limited (but developing) because its based on physical interactions/experiences. The child learns that he is separate from his environment and that aspects of his environment continue to exist even though they may be outside the reach of his senses. Behaviors are limited to simple motor 6/5/12 responses caused by sensory
Preoperational Stage
During this stage, the child learns to use and to represent objects by images, words, and drawings.The child is able to form stable concepts as well as mental reasoning and magical beliefs. The child however is still not able to perform operations; tasks that the child can do mentally rather than physically. Thinking is still egocentric. The child has difficulty taking the viewpoint of others.
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References (1928) Piaget, Jean. La causalit chez lenfant. British Journal of Psychology, 18, 276-301 (1973) Piaget, J., & Inhelder, B. Memory and intelligence. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. (2009) Piaget, Jean. Piaget, Jean. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrived from hhtp://elibrary.bigchalk.com
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