Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development

How we as human beings develop cognitively has been thoroughly researched. Theorists have suggested that children are incapable of understanding the world until they reach a particular stage of cognitive development. Cognitive development is the process whereby a child's understanding of the world changes as a function of age and experience. Theories of cognitive development seek to explain the quantitative and qualitative intellectual abilities that occur during development. No theory of cognitive development has had …

…attempts to assimilate the stimulus into an existing schema. If successful, equilibrium is maintained. If assimilation is not possible, accommodation is attempted by modifying or creating a new schema. When this is achieved, assimilation of the stimulus can occur and equilibrium is reached. Cognitive growth proceeds in this manner through all periods of development, the schema of the adult being built upon those of the child. This view of cognitive development is known as constructivism