A Metatheory for Cognitive Development (Or "Piaget Is Dead" Revisited)

Autor/in	Bjorklund, David F.
Titel	A Metatheory for Cognitive Development (Or "Piaget Is Dead" Revisited)
Quelle	In: Child Development, 89 (2018) 6, S.2288-2302 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13019
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Child Development; Developmental Psychology; Piagetian Theory; Developmental Stages; Cognitive Development; Evolution; Genetics; Biology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Entwicklungspsychologie; Kognitive Entwicklung; Humangenetik; Biologie
Abstract	In 1997, I argued that with the loss of Piaget's theory as an overarching guide, cognitive development had become disjointed and a new metatheory was needed to unify the field. I suggested developmental biology, particularly evolutionary theory, as a candidate. Here, I examine the increasing emphasis of biology in cognitive development research over the past 2 decades. I describe briefly the emergence of evolutionary developmental psychology and examine areas in which proximal and distal biological causation have been particularly influential. I argue that developmental biology will continue to increasingly influence research and theory in cognitive development and that evolutionary theory is well on its way to becoming a metatheory, not just for cognitive development, but for developmental psychology generally. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01