This volume presents six classic essays that together provide an incisive summary of and a useful introduction to the work of the eminent psychologist. Edited, and with an introduction and notes by David Elkind translated by Anita Tenzer.
"The essays as a group serve to remind us by their sweep and daring that Piaget is one of the two towering figures of the twentieth-century psychology."--Jerome S. Bruner, The New York Times Review
CONTENTS
The Mental Development of the Child
The Thought of the Young Child
Language and Thought from the Genetic Point of View
The Role of the Concept of Equilibrium in Psychological Explication
The Problems of Genetic Psychology
Genesis and Structure in the Psychology of Intelligence
This volume presents six classic essays that together provide an incisive summary of and a useful introduction to the work of the eminent psychologist. Edited, and with an introduction and notes by David Elkind translated by Anita Tenzer.
"The essays as a group serve to remind us by their sweep and daring that Piaget is one of the two towering figures of the twentieth-century psychology."--Jerome S. Bruner, The New York Times Review
CONTENTS
The Mental Development of the Child
The Thought of the Young Child
Language and Thought from the Genetic Point of View
The Role of the Concept of Equilibrium in Psychological Explication
The Problems of Genetic Psychology
Genesis and Structure in the Psychology of Intelligence