Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Phillips, John L.

Origins of intellect Piaget's theory The origins of intellect - San Francisco, California W. H. Freeman & Co. 1975 - 205 p

Contents:
1. Introduction : Piaget and his methods ; Relation to American psychology ; Evolutionary perspective ; Structure and function ; Relations among concepts ; Equilibration ; Factors in development ; Developmental units
2. Sensorimotor period (0-2 years) : The six stages ; Imitation and play, a summary
Preoperational period (2-7 years) : Advances ; Limitations
4. Concrete operations period (7-11) : Properties of groups and groupings ; Some representative problems
5. Formal operations period (11-15 years) : Archimedes' law of floating bodies ; Concrete operations applied to the floating bodies problem ; Operations on operations ; The real versus the possible ; Egocentrism : "Formal" as pertaining to form
6. Educational implications: an epilogue : Teaching: principles ; Teaching: examples ; Testing ; Further comments and residual questions

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Piaget, Jean 1896-1980


Intellect
Child Study

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