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

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 ...

Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has been a central framework for understanding how children grow and learn. His model describes development through four sequential stages: sensorimotor, ...

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 central ...

IT is late afternoon, but the four-year-old insists: “It can’t be. I haven’t had my nap.” Such is the mind of the child, by most indications illogical and full of nonsense. Not so, says Jean Piaget, a ...

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 ...