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

Piaget describes stages of cognitive development 1923 - 1952 Photo: Jean Piaget Jean Piaget (1896-1980) always considered himself a natural scientist, not a psychologist. As a boy he quickly gave ...

The formal operational stage is the last phase of Piaget’s stages of development. In this phase, kids begin to think theoretically and start reasoning about hypothetical problems.

After discussing those influences, the author describes specific elements of Piaget's stage concept of development and how Piaget, as a philosopher, psychologist and biologist, promulgates those ...

Piaget observed that children’s cognitive development undergoes several stages marked by developmental milestones attained by children at each of these levels.

A replication of Piaget's study of the development of concepts relating to country and nationality was attempted with 144 Glasgow children aged 6 to 11. Piaget's stages proved inapplicable, partly ...