1. Piaget Maddy Hall and Reno Basar

2. Early Life Born on August 9, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland Died on September 16, 1980, in Geneva, Switzerland Was published by the time he was in his teens Studied psychology for 6 decades

3. Overview ●Piaget created Cognitive Development ●Concerned mainly with children ●Focused mainly on the development of the mind, not necessarily how we learn

4. Concepts ● Cognitive Development o Adaptation and Equilibrium

5. Cognitive Development ● The development of learning structures and systems in the brain o Specifically focused on children

6. Major Aspects of His Theory The process of coming to know and the stages we move through as we gradually acquire this ability

7. Vocabulary ● Assimilation+accommodation- intellectual growth ● Object permanence-objects exist even if you can't see or touch it ● Conservation- given quality doesn't change when appearance does

8. Vocabulary (Con.) ● Egocentric- inability to understand another perspective ● Equilibrium- A calm state of mind where everything is balanced ● Adaptation-When a child changes to meet situational demands

9. Schemas ●a representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model. ●a conception of what is common amoung a group

10. Theory Summary ● Sensorimotor: 0-2 years; interaction with enviornment ● Preoperational: 2-7 years; represents the world symbolically ● Concrete Operations: 7-11 years; conservation and classification ● Formal Operations: 11+ years; abstract ideas and logic

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12. Conclusion ● Maddy- Piaget was intelligent and opened the pathway for modern psychologists ● Reno-He made a huge step in modern psychology, especially in the development department.

13. Bibliography http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/piaget/sms.html http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cognition/piaget.html http://www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cognition/piaget.html Psychology book