Psychology Jean Piaget Cognitive Development. 9 august 1896 16 september 1980 was a swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Jean piaget developed a theory of cognitive development 1935 which explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world.
Piaget s stages are. Piaget s theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called genetic epistemology. ˌ p iː ə ˈ ʒ eɪ p j ɑː ˈ ʒ eɪ french.
Jean piaget s theory of cognitive development suggests that children move through four different stages of mental development.
Piaget 1936 was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. Piaget is arguably most well known for his theory of cognitive development. Jean piaget developed a theory of cognitive development 1935 which explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. His theory focuses not only on understanding how children acquire knowledge but also on understanding the nature of intelligence.