• what influence did piaget's background in biology have on his theory? what are some specific examples of this biological influence?
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Piaget called his collective theories on child development a "genetic epistemology."
What can we infer from this?
That he had more understanding of Genes , Critical Thinking than Psychology. It was his expertise in Biology that he applied to understand humans better. He gave an epistemic(theoretical) account. There wasn't a rigorous scientific data to back it up. That theory happened to be classified under Psychology through Piaget's acquaintance with eminent Psychologist of the time.
Also, he had a Ph.D first in Biology and published scientific papers in Biology. Then later after a semester of being with CARL Jung that he developed his interest in Psychology.
The reason why he developed a theory of developmental stages of children, shows that the idea of "process" came from Biology. Miosis, Mitosis, or Reproductive cycles or Respiratory processes. We talk about what started , what involved and what ended, in Biology. That became the basis of his work.
Since, Behaviorism and PsychoAnalysis was so dominant in those days that people only were interested in how does neurosis happen or what are the underlying mechanism of the mental illnesses. Not many were interested in how a human grows and develops.
The scene for figuring out and showing how mind and cognitive development takes place, biological perspective of Piaget can be attributed.
What can we infer from this?
That he had more understanding of Genes , Critical Thinking than Psychology. It was his expertise in Biology that he applied to understand humans better. He gave an epistemic(theoretical) account. There wasn't a rigorous scientific data to back it up. That theory happened to be classified under Psychology through Piaget's acquaintance with eminent Psychologist of the time.
Also, he had a Ph.D first in Biology and published scientific papers in Biology. Then later after a semester of being with CARL Jung that he developed his interest in Psychology.
The reason why he developed a theory of developmental stages of children, shows that the idea of "process" came from Biology. Miosis, Mitosis, or Reproductive cycles or Respiratory processes. We talk about what started , what involved and what ended, in Biology. That became the basis of his work.
Since, Behaviorism and PsychoAnalysis was so dominant in those days that people only were interested in how does neurosis happen or what are the underlying mechanism of the mental illnesses. Not many were interested in how a human grows and develops.
The scene for figuring out and showing how mind and cognitive development takes place, biological perspective of Piaget can be attributed.
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