The Construction of Reality in the Child
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The Construction of Reality in the Child is a seminal book by developmental psychologist Jean Piaget that analyzes how infants and young children gradually build an understanding of objects, space, time, and causality.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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developmental psychology book ⓘ psychology book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
epistemology
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psychology ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
how infants construct notions of causality
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how infants construct notions of space ⓘ how infants construct notions of time ⓘ how infants develop object permanence ⓘ |
| author | Jean Piaget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim | children actively construct their understanding of reality through interaction with the environment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| describesConcept |
circular reactions
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coordination of schemes ⓘ means–ends behavior ⓘ object concept ⓘ sensorimotor intelligence ⓘ sensorimotor stage ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive development
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developmental psychology ⓘ genetic epistemology ⓘ |
| focusesOnAgeGroup |
infants
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young children ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Construction of Reality in the Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | developmental constructivist ⓘ |
| influencedField |
cognitive science
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developmental psychology ⓘ education theory ⓘ |
| inLanguage | French ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
construction of reality in infancy
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development of causality ⓘ development of space ⓘ development of time ⓘ object permanence ⓘ |
| methodology |
clinical method
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naturalistic observation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed observational studies of infants
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systematic analysis of sensorimotor stages ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La construction du réel chez l’enfant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Piaget’s works on cognitive development ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
constructivism
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genetic epistemology ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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