https://diler.tube/videos/watch/b9994e4a-94eb-4e6a-b12e-2422823416b8 The Theory of Cognitive Development Jean Piaget If you've ever been around a toddler it's amazing to witness the growth and development of knowledge over the course of weeks and months, as children interact with their environment and new objects they learn and develop ideas. Take any child to a zoo and you will witness this process, perhaps they have seen a typical bird before maybe a blue jay or Robin and they associate that animal as a bird, but at the zoo they see new exotic animals with wings and feathers that fly and they know without being told that those animals are birds too. Let's discuss how this process occurs according to PJ's cognitive development theory, the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget introduced a developmental epistemology that focused on the growth of intelligence from infancy to adulthood, PJ's theory is influenced by the following ideas, these ideas help Piaget to develop his basic assumptions which form the foundation of his theory. The first is intelligence like a biological system constructs the structures it needs to function, second knowledge is the interaction between the individual and the environment, and third the growth of intelligence is influenced by four factors: physical environment, the social environment, maturation and equilibration. Let's talk about these ideas a bit more in terms of assumptions. PJ's theory of cognitive development has six basic assumptions which we will focus the majority of our attention on during this lesson. The first is that children are active and motivated learners, children will seek out information to help them make sense of their world, for example a child may encounter a new toy instead of passively observing the toy the child will engage with it possibly dropping it touching it or even tasting it to learn more about what it is on what it does. The second assumption is that children construct knowledge from their experiences, children don't have isolated bits of information, instead they build and construct knowledge based on their experiences and observations. for example a child constructs knowledge about animals by interacting with them, observing them, learning how they walk and learning what sounds they make, they continually add to their knowledge in order to create understanding and beliefs about animals.. Author: Psychology Tricks Sat, 23 May 2026 21:10:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://diler.tube https://diler.tube/lazy-static/avatars/f58b270a-6076-478a-ad43-3888a532ecb4.png https://diler.tube/videos/watch/b9994e4a-94eb-4e6a-b12e-2422823416b8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://diler.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.