PSY 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lev Vygotsky, Psych
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A criticism of piaget"s theory: the emergence of piagetian psychology to popularity coincided with behaviourism"s diminishing influence (halford, 1989) Around the same time cognitivist works such as bruner and vygotsky gained ascendancy. Halford noted that if the 1960s reflected a time of hope in terms of applying. Piagetian psychology to understanding the cognitive development of children, then the 1970s created a reassessment leading to some disillusionment with the theory. According to halford, the disillusionment can be due to research that has questioned many of piaget"s assumptions about the essence of cognitive growth, and the failure of piaget"s work to reap the expected benefits in some areas of implementation. The following is a summary of some of the piagetian theory"s main critics: his diligent questioning of the child was a characteristic of piaget"s experimental process, la m thode clinique. Throughout his earliest work, his child-centered approach consisted of an open ended conversation with the infant.
