What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

Although there is no general theory of cognitive development, the most historically influential theory was developed by Jean Piaget, a Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980). His theory provided many ...

Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is best known for his theories of cognitive development in children. Two of the cognitive processes he explored extensively were assimilation and ...

The main concern of the present study is the question of the psychological reality of cognitive structures. After a brief outline of Piaget's structural and Bruner's representational theories of ...

Howard Gardner, Developmental Psychology after Piaget: An Approach in Terms of Symbolization, Human Development, Vol. 22, No. 2 (1979), pp. 73-88 ...

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Historically, the study of cognition has focused mainly on adults. With the arrival of constructivist theoreticians such as Jean Piaget, cognitive developmental theory became more visible in ...