Cognitive

Development
Theory
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget

Born in Neuchâtel, Eldest son of

Switzerland Arthur Piaget
on August 9, 1896 and Rebecca Jackson

He showed interest in Later on studied

the natural sciences philosophy and
at a very young age. psychology
Jean Piaget
He moved to Paris France and
worked for Binet Institute (École
de la rue de la Grange-aux-Belles)

Genetic Epistemology

Married Valentine Châtenay in

1923, and had three children –
Jacqueline, Lucienne, Laurent
Three Basic Components
of Piaget’s Theory

Schema

Adaptation Processes

Stages of Cognitive
Development
SCHEMA

"a cohesive, repeatable action

sequence possessing
component actions that are tightly
interconnected
and governed by a core meaning."

—Jean Piaget, 1952

SCHEMA

o Basic building blocks of knowledge

o Cognitive mental maps
o Enable us to make a mental representation of the world
ADAPTATION PROCESSES

Assimilation using an existing schema to deal

with a new object or situation.

EQUILIBRIUM

NEW SITUATION

DISEQUILIBRIUM

changing an existing schema to

Accommodation deal with a new object or situation

https://www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html
 Stages of Cognitive Development

birth-2 yo 2-7 yo 11 yo -
7-11 yo
adulthood

Sensorimotor Preoperational Concrete Formal

stage stage operational operational
stage stage
- main achievement - think about things
during this stage is symbolically - beginning of logical - think about
object permanence or operational abstract concepts,
thought and logically test
hypotheses
Stages of Cognitive Development

AWESOME
WORDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhcgYgx7aAA&vl=en
REFERENCES

• http://swppr.org/Textbook/Ch%204%20Piaget.pdf
• http://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html#biblio
• https://www.verywellmind.com/jean-piaget-biography-1896-1980-
2795549#citation-2
• https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/medicine/psychology-and-
psychiatry-biographies/jean-piaget