Piaget's Theory of Infant Development
Author: Elizabeth Purling
Renton Technical College
Developmental Psychology
Instructor: Leta Berkshire
May 30, 2007
Piaget's Theory of Infant Development
At almost 32 weeks gestation, my little one constantly brings about questions and ideas about what my life will be like when I become a parent. What will she look like? Will she be a loud baby or a quiet one? How long before she sleeps through the night? What cognitive abilities does she have now, in the womb? How will she grow and change as her life progresses?
Many of these questions cannot be answered anytime soon but I have been trying to learn as much as I can before she is born. It is this reason that I chose to write about Piaget's Theory of Infant Development.
In short, Jean Piaget's theory consists of schemes that organize knowledge as a person seeks an understanding of the world around them. The theory consists of four stages and I will focus on the first......
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