Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Quit feeding a dead (Piagetian) horse

Following up on this post, more resources challenging Piaget's theory (and those neo-Piagetian extensions):

Major challenges to Piaget.
Challenges to Piaget's view. 
"Origins of theory of mind, cognition and communication."
Embodied cognition
Concepts: Core Readings.

E.g., from the 3rd source listed above:

"There has been a profound, even revolutionary, shift in our theory of developmental psychology. The revolution began with challenges to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, particularly his views of infancy. As everybody who has attended scientific conferences, read technical journals, or monitored the popular media knows, modern research has discovered that young children know more at earlier ages than had been predicted by classical theory. These new findings led to the gradual weakening, and finally the collapse of, classical Piagetian theory."

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