Who is Jean Piaget Define and describe his stages and theori

Who is Jean Piaget? Define and describe his stages and theories of development.

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Jean Piaget was a Swiss clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work for child development. Piaget\'s cognitive theory is about how a child constructs a mental model of the world. His theory is based on the following points:

The goal of this theory is to explain the mechanisms and processes by which the infant, and then the child, develops into an individual who can reason and think depending upon hypothesis.

The three basic components of Cognitive theory are as follows:

1. Schemas (building blocks of knowledge): It is a \" cohesive, repeatable action sequence possessing component actions that are tightly interconnected and governed by a core meaning\". The schemas are the building blocks of the intelligent behaviour. A schema can also be defined as a set of linked mental representations of the world which we use both to understand and to respond to a situation. The assumption is that we store this mental representation and use it whenever needed.

2. Adaptation processes that enables the transition from one stage to another (Equilibrium, accommodation and assimilation): Assimilation is basically using an existing schema to deal with a new project or situations. Accommodation happens when the existing schema does not work and needs to be changed to deal with a new object or situation.

3. Stages of Cognitive development:

Each child goes through the same stages o the development in same order and no stage will be missed.