The Origin Of Intelligence In The Child
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of psychology, biology, and education theory stands one of the most transformative works of the twentieth century: Jean Piaget's The Origin of Intelligence in the Child presents a meticulous, groundbreaking account of how cognitive intelligence develops from the earliest days of life. Drawing on exhaustive observational studies of infants — including his own children — Piaget chronicles the emergence of sensorimotor intelligence through six distinct stages, illustrating how a newborn's simple reflexes gradually evolve into complex, purposeful action and, ultimately, the capacity for symbolic thought. Piaget's work fundamentally reshaped the fields of developmental psychology and educational theory, arguing with compelling precision that children are not passive recipients of knowledge but active architects of their own understanding. His lucid yet rigorous prose dismantles earlier assumptions about infant cognition, replacing them with a dynamic, constructivist framework that continues to influence pedagogy and cognitive science to this day. For anyone who has ever wondered how the human mind first awakens to the world around it, this landmark text offers an answer that is as profound as it is illuminating.
Author: Jean Piaget
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of psychology, biology, and education theory stands one of the most transformative works of the twentieth century: Jean Piaget's The Origin of Intelligence in the Child presents a meticulous, groundbreaking account of how cognitive intelligence develops from the earliest days of life. Drawing on exhaustive observational studies of infants — including his own children — Piaget chronicles the emergence of sensorimotor intelligence through six distinct stages, illustrating how a newborn's simple reflexes gradually evolve into complex, purposeful action and, ultimately, the capacity for symbolic thought. Piaget's work fundamentally reshaped the fields of developmental psychology and educational theory, arguing with compelling precision that children are not passive recipients of knowledge but active architects of their own understanding. His lucid yet rigorous prose dismantles earlier assumptions about infant cognition, replacing them with a dynamic, constructivist framework that continues to influence pedagogy and cognitive science to this day. For anyone who has ever wondered how the human mind first awakens to the world around it, this landmark text offers an answer that is as profound as it is illuminating.