Piaget's Achilles' Heel: a Safe Soft Spot?

A basic premise of Piagetian theory is that cognition is based developmentally on sensorimotor coordination, exemplified in circular reactions. It has been claimed that eye movements qualify as secondary circular reactions and would be adequate to promote cognitive development in an extreme case of...

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Published in:Human development 1980, Vol.23 (2), p.137-140
Main Author: Segalowitz, S.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cognition - physiology
Development Issue
Eye Movements
Female
Humans
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Summary:A basic premise of Piagetian theory is that cognition is based developmentally on sensorimotor coordination, exemplified in circular reactions. It has been claimed that eye movements qualify as secondary circular reactions and would be adequate to promote cognitive development in an extreme case of congenital paralysis. In this theoretical note, I discuss why eye movements are not secondary circular reactions and so cannot account for cognitive development in such cases.
ISSN:0018-716X
1423-0054
DOI:10.1159/000272544