Product Description: This book, the last one written by Piaget, presents a new line of empirical studies based on a revised formulation of his theory of the development of logical reasoning. The amended theory overcomes many problems and criticisms of his earlier formulations by providing a fresh explanation for the origin of mental operations and mental organization based on the concept of meaning...read more

The use of ultrasonic scans in pregnancy makes it possible to observe the foetus undisturbed in the womb. Dr Alessandra Piontelli has done what no one has done before: she observed eleven foetuses (three singletons and four sets of twins) in the womb using ultrasound scans, and then observed their development at home from birth up to the age of four years. She includes a description of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of one of the research children, and the psychoanalysis of five other very young children whose behaviour in analysis suggested that they were deeply preoccupied with their experience in the womb. Dr Piontelli has discovered what many parents have always thought - that each foetus, like each newborn baby, is a highly individual creature. By drawing on her experience as a child psychotherapist and psychoanalyst as well as on her observational research, she is able to investigate issues relating to individuality, psychological birth and the influence of maternal emotions during pregnancy. Her findings demonstrate clearly how psychoanalytical evidence enhances, deepens and supports observational data on the remarkable behavioural and psychological continuities between pre-natal and post-natal experience. This book should be of interest to professionals in training and practice in the fields of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, psychology, nursing and medicine.

Product Description: Based on the 25th Anniversary Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, this book represents cutting-edge work on the mechanisms of cognitive, social, and cultural development. The authors-anthropologists, biologists, historians of science, paleontologists, and psychologists-believe that a rebirth is in progress relating to the study of these mental developments...read more

Product Description: Jean Piaget is one of the greatest names in psychology. A knowledge of his ideas is essential for all in psychology and education. Sociological Studies is one of his major works to remain untranslated. Now an international team of Piaget experts has got together to ensure that this important work is available in English...read more

This bestselling introduction to Jean Piaget's theory shows how children construct and acquire knowledge as it relates to current constructivist approaches to learning.

Product Description: This book discusses the landmarks of Piaget's personal and professional development that culminated in his seminal theory of genetic psychology. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: This unusual volume presents an overview of Jean Piaget's work in psychology--from his earliest writings to posthumous publications. It also contains a glossary of the essential explanatory concepts found in this work. The focus is on Piaget's psychological studies and on the underlying epistemological theses...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The use of ultrasonic scans in pregnancy makes it possible to observe the foetus undisturbed in the womb. Dr Alessandra Piontelli has done what no one has done before: she observed eleven foetuses (three singletons and four sets of twins) in the womb using ultrasound scans, and then observed their development at home from birth up to the age of four years...read more

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Product Description: This book, the last one written by Piaget, presents a new line of empirical studies based on a revised formulation of his theory of the development of logical reasoning. The amended theory overcomes many problems and criticisms of his earlier formulations by providing a fresh explanation for the origin of mental operations and mental organization based on the concept of meaning...read more

Product Description: A presentation of current work that systematically explores and articulates the nature, origin and development of reasoning, this volume's primary aim is to describe and examine contemporary theory and research findings on the topic of deductive reasoning...read more

The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget is generally considered to be the founder of modern developmental psychology. This book provides a conceptual critique of six of Piaget's central, earlier works, including his account of the child's conception of the world, the development of morality, and the origins of intelligence in infancy. Sugarman's detailed, step-by-step analysis of some of Piaget's major arguments shows exactly where, and why, they fail. Through the same analysis she suggests the alternative lines of inquiry that might result in a clearer and more basic understanding of the child's mind and of the origins of adult thought. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A sociological critique of theories of cognitivism and developmentalism, this study begins with a critical examination of Kant's subjective turn and follows the course it has taken through Piaget's genetic structuralism, Kohlberg's justice reasoning and Habermas' communicative ethics...read more

Product Description: "What is most impressive about this book is its intelligence, its sophistication, and its charm. . . . This book presents Piaget's work and his person better than anything else that I know about."—David Elkind, Tufts University"The tone is one of constant movement from the most ordinary to the most abstruse...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The aim of this fourth edition remains the same - to introduce students to Piaget's theory of how children construct and acquire knowledge. It has been updated and revised to incorporate the most important developments in Piagetian theory over the last several years...read more

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