Development of the Individual
Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson and Kohlberg
Piaget
Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland in 1896. His interest in cognitive development came from his training in the natural sciences. Piaget was very interested in knowledge and how children come to know their world. He developed his cognitive theory by actually observing children (some of whom were his own children). He believed that every human being is endowed or burdened with unique characteristics that distinguish him or her from all other people. Those characteristics influence the ways in which the individual confronts challenges and responds to external pressures such as instruction. Although there are many variations in the ways that people, including youngsters in school, react to circumstances and interpret and acquire information, there are also many similarities. The similarities manifest themselves among human beings in the same stage of development.
In Piaget's view, heredity,......

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Title: Educational Psychology
Approximate Word Count: 3171
Approximate Pages: 13 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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