The Psychology Of The ChildBasic Books, 2008 M08 6 - 192 pages Piaget’s influence on psychology has been profound. His pathbreaking investigations and theories of cognitive development have set child psychology moving in entirely new directions. His bold speculations have provided the inspiration for the work of others. His studies have been the subject of many books and countless articles. And, significantly, his influence has spread to other disciplines and is having an ever-growing impact on the general culture at large.Here Jean Piaget, with the assistance of his long-time collaborator Bärbel Inhelder, offers a definitive presentation of the developmental psychology he has elaborated over the last forty years. This comprehensive synthesis traces each stage of the child’s cognitive development, over the entire period of childhood, from infancy to adolescence. |
Contents
THE SENSORIMOTOR LEVEL | 3 |
The Construction of Reality | 13 |
The Cognitive Aspect | 19 |
Perceptual Constancies | 29 |
Field Effects | 35 |
Perceptions Concepts and Operations | 43 |
Conclusion | 49 |
Symbolic Play | 57 |
Memory and the Structure | 80 |
THE CONCRETE OPERATIONS OF THOUGHT | 92 |
Moral Feelings and Judgments | 122 |
Conclusion | 128 |
The Two Reversibilities | 136 |
The Induction of Laws | 145 |
Bibliography | 161 |
Drawing | 63 |
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