Category: Jean Piaget

What is attachment? Two theories of Child/Adolescent development are Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and Freuds Psychoanalytic theory. Piaget was a strong proponent of constructivism which viewed learning as a search for meaning and described elements that helped predict what students understand at different stages of development. Freud emphasises the importance of the unconscious…

Abigail is a 6-year-old girl who lives in a quiet area within Kilwinning, North Ayrshire. She lives at home with her mum Wendy and pet dog named Sacha. Wendy is currently a student, therefore has a low income. Abigail attends Pennyburn Primary School and is in primary 2. Most days she attends breakfast club and…

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the work completed by Jean Piaget (1896-1980). Piaget has been credited for the theory of cognitive development. The theory of cognitive development states how children develop intellectually during childhood (Comer, 2013). Piaget’s work will be evaluated, and how his theory has impacted on modern-day psychology. The second…

Introduction In the context of theories on child language development, the behaviourist theory of operant conditioning proposed by B.F. Skinner in Verbal Behaviour (1957), is one of the earliest, and arguably considered the most outmoded by many in the field. The basic principle of operant conditioning is that behaviour which is rewarded or reinforced will…

Jean Piaget was an influential Swiss psychologist and author who was able to prove something no one thought was true: he discovered that the way children think is unique and completely different from the way adults think. He carefully studied his own three children and created four stages of mental development based on his findings…