The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget is generally considered to be the founder of modern developmental psychology. This book provides a conceptual critique of six of Piaget's central, earlier works, including his account of the child's conception of the world, the development of morality, and the origins of intelligence in infancy. Sugarman's detailed, step-by-step analysis of some of Piaget's major arguments shows exactly where, and why, they fail. Through the same analysis she suggests the alternative lines of inquiry that might result in a clearer and more basic understanding of the child's mind and of the origins of adult thought.
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"This is a carefully argued, thought-provoking analysis that raises critically important issues for anyone trying to characterize children's minds." Contemporary Psychology
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A conceptual critique of six of Piaget's central, earlier works, including his account of the child's conception of the world, the development of morality, and the origins of intelligence in infancy.
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A conceptual critique of six of Piaget's central, earlier works. Susan does a fine job of summarizing these works into this more accessable volume.
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Piaget's stated aim in The child's conception of the world was to describe the conceptions of reality that children naturally form at different ages and to determine what the spontaneous thought tendencies were that might explain these conceptions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animistic reactions, spontaneous animism, absolutist thesis, heteronomous attitude, moral egocentrism, egocentric practice, logicomathematical operations, reciprocal assimilation, mystical respect, autonomous conception, intellectual realism, correspondence tasks, secondary circular reaction, sensorimotor intelligence, infancy works, primary circular reactions, subjective responsibility, functional invariants, realism thesis, spatial contact, infant intelligence, spatial correspondence, numerical equivalence, moral realism, attitudes toward rules New!
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Piaget's stated aim in The child's conception of the world was to describe the conceptions of reality that children naturally form at different ages and to determine what the spontaneous thought tendencies were that might explain these conceptions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animistic reactions, spontaneous animism, absolutist thesis, heteronomous attitude, moral egocentrism, egocentric practice, logicomathematical operations, reciprocal assimilation, mystical respect, autonomous conception, intellectual realism, correspondence tasks, secondary circular reaction, sensorimotor intelligence, infancy works, primary circular reactions, subjective responsibility, functional invariants, realism thesis, spatial contact, infant intelligence, spatial correspondence, numerical equivalence, moral realism, attitudes toward rules New!
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- Cognitive Psychology (Longman Essential Psychology Series) by Christopher C. French in Back Matter
- Cognitive Psychology by Douglas Medin PhD in Back Matter
- Developmental Psychology (Longman Essential Psychology Series) by Peter Elwood Bryant in Back Matter
- Developmental Psychology (Proceedings of the XXIII International Congress of Psychology of the International Union of Psychological Science) by Brainerd in Back Matter
- Cognitive Psychology by Robert J. Sternberg in Back Matter
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- Becoming a Reader: The Experience of Fiction from Childhood to Adulthood by J. A. Appleyard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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