After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Subject-Matter of Cognitive Developmental Stages: Piaget 2. Piaget’s Developmental Stages 3. The Higher Mental Processes. Subject-Matter of Cognitive Developmental Stages: Piaget: The stages of cognitive development in a child has been best provided by Jean Piaget, a French-Swiss psychologist, who was originally trained as a biologist, […]
Cognitive Developmental Stages by Piaget
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Construction of Schemata | Piaget’s Contribution
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After reading this article you will learn about Piaget’s contribution towards the construction of schemata. Piaget’s observation was that mental “structures” developed out of the child’s physical experiences (actions). As Piaget puts it, the child gradually assembles a “construction of reality” in his mind, and uses it to interpret new events. The child experiences that […]
Learning Theory by B. F. Skinner
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Skinner is characterized as a radical behaviourist. His theory ignores internal psychic processes and focuses on the relationship of behaviour to external environment. For Skinner, behaviour is a result of its consequences. This means that the perceived consequences of behaviour determine the degree to which that behaviour is likely to reoccur. Skinner’s model engenders the […]