The Growth of Knowledge: Crash Course Psychology #18

How does our knowledge grow? It turns out there are some different ideas about that. Schemas, the four-stage theory of cognitive development, and Vygotsky’s theory of scaffolding all play different roles but the basic idea is that children think about things very differently than adults. Hank explains in today’s episode of Crash Course Psychology.


Table of Contents

Schemas, Assimilation & Accommodation 2:39:12

Piaget’s Four-Stage Cognitive Development 1:47:02

Sensortimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational,
and Formal Operational Periods 3:48:22

Vygotsky’s Theory of Scaffolding 7:45:05


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