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... One of these was Jean Piaget and his theories on the cognitive development stages. Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland in 1896. ... From this research Piaget created a broad theoretical system for the development of cognitive abilities. His work, in this way, was much like that of Sigmund Freud, but Piaget emphasized the ways that children think and acquire knowledge. Piaget referred to his theory as genetic epistemology. ... Piaget derived his theories from directly observing children and by questioning them about their thinking. Piaget viewed intelligence as an extension of biological adaptation that has a logical structure. ... Piaget described four major stages leading to the capacity for adult thought. ... Piaget’s four stages are the sensorimotor stage, the stage of preoperational thought, the stage of concrete operations and the stage of formal operations. The first stage that Piaget felt all children go through was the sensorimotor stage. ... Despite the psychiatric applications Piaget’s theories have been applied more widely in the area of education. Piaget’s concepts have been used to resolve educational problems, such as assessing intellectual development, scholastic aptitude, grade placement, and reading readiness. Innovative early school programs, such as Head Start can be traced to Piaget’s believe that experience plays a major role in human thought.
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