The preoperational stage occurs between ages 2 and 7, where children engage in pretend play and symbolic thinking. During ...

Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW Key Takeaways Child development theories help explain how children grow socially, emotionally, ...

Critical thinking does not develop automatically. Using William Perry’s model of cognitive development, Adeola A. Matthew ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, it is important to understand how students think and learn so as to be able to teach effectively. Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist, profoundly impacted ...

The developmental psychologist and genetic epistemologist, Jean Piaget, investigated the cognitive development of children. He identified four stages from the sensorimotor period, culminating at 2 ...

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 ...

The sensorimotor stage is the first of the four stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. It is marked by a child’s knowledge that the outside world exists separately from themselves. Once ...

Psychology graduate students with interests in Cognition or Cognitive Development engage in doctoral training that promotes expertise in the theories, current knowledge, and research paradigms in ...