Piaget Human Development. 9 august 1896 16 september 1980 was a swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget s theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence it was originated by the swiss developmental psychologist jean piaget 1896 1980.
Piaget placed great importance on the education of children. We explain each of the four stages and explore strategies based on piaget s theory for. ˌ p iː ə ˈ ʒ eɪ p j ɑː ˈ ʒ eɪ french.
Swiss psychologist jean piaget took the intellectual functioning of adults as the central phenomenon to be explained and wanted to know how an adult acquired the ability to think logically and to draw valid conclusions about the world from evidence.
Jean piaget was a psychologist who was born in switzerland in the mid 1890 s. Piaget s stage theory describes the cognitive development of children. Piaget developed his theories by watching children and making notes about their progress. In piaget s view early cognitive development involves processes based upon actions and later progresses to changes in mental operations.