Piaget had taken an interest in zoology at an early part of his life. In his younger years, he had written an article on albino sparrows that ended up being published https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Piaget. Jean Piaget studied zoology at the University of Neuchatel. It wasn’t until he after Piaget received his doctorate that he became interested in psychology. He later on traveled to Zurich, where he studied under Carl Jung and Eugene Bleuler.
Jean Piaget continued his studies when he moved to Paris. While living in Paris Piaget devised and conducted reading tests to school children(https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Piaget). Piaget became intrigued with the various mistakes the children would make. These observations would lead Piaget to explore the reasoning process in young children. He began to publish his findings in 1921, it was that same year he moved back to Switzerland and was made director of the …show more content…
The theory of Jean Piaget concentrates more on the development of a child than it does on the learning aspect (McLeod,2015). Piaget’s theory suggests that there are distinct stages of development that are set apart by their differences, instead of slow increases in how complex the behaviors and concepts are. The end all goal of his theory was to explain the mechanisms and ways the infant, then the child would develop into a person who has logical reasoning (McLeod, 2015).
There are three simple components in Piaget’s theory (McLeod, 2015). Schema is the first of these components, this is what is known as the building blocks of knowledge; the second component is adaptation which is the steps that guides the transition from stage to stage; the final component is cognitive development. The influence of Piaget’s ideas in developmental psychology have been detrimental. He changed how people viewed the world of a child as well as the way children were
Jean Piaget continued his studies when he moved to Paris. While living in Paris Piaget devised and conducted reading tests to school children(https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Piaget). Piaget became intrigued with the various mistakes the children would make. These observations would lead Piaget to explore the reasoning process in young children. He began to publish his findings in 1921, it was that same year he moved back to Switzerland and was made director of the …show more content…
The theory of Jean Piaget concentrates more on the development of a child than it does on the learning aspect (McLeod,2015). Piaget’s theory suggests that there are distinct stages of development that are set apart by their differences, instead of slow increases in how complex the behaviors and concepts are. The end all goal of his theory was to explain the mechanisms and ways the infant, then the child would develop into a person who has logical reasoning (McLeod, 2015).
There are three simple components in Piaget’s theory (McLeod, 2015). Schema is the first of these components, this is what is known as the building blocks of knowledge; the second component is adaptation which is the steps that guides the transition from stage to stage; the final component is cognitive development. The influence of Piaget’s ideas in developmental psychology have been detrimental. He changed how people viewed the world of a child as well as the way children were