{"product_id":"the-childs-conception-of-the-world-a-20th-century-classic-of-child-psychology-9780742559516","title":"The Child's Conception of the World: A 20th-Century Classic of Child Psychology","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jean Piaget | Jacques Voneche\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychotherapy - Child \u0026amp; Adolescent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA milestone of child psychology, \u003ci\u003eThe Child's Conception of the World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which the reasoning powers of young children differ from those of adults. What conceptions of the world does the child naturally form at the different stages of its development? To what extent does the child distinguish the external world from an internal or subjective world and what limits does he or she draw between the self and objective reality? These questions make up the first problem, the child's notion of reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA second fundamental problem is the significance of explanations put forward by the child. What use does he or she make of the notions of cause and law? Is the form of explanation presented by the child a new type? These and like questions form the second problem, the child's notion of causality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacques Voneche, Director of the Piaget Archives in Geneva, Switzerland, provides a preface to this classic in which he reveals the provanance of \u003ci\u003eThe Child's Conception of the World\u003c\/i\u003e within the context of Piaget's other work and the then-burgeoning field of developmental psychology.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47612224503959,"sku":"9780742559516","price":5637.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780742559516.webp?v=1775075659","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-childs-conception-of-the-world-a-20th-century-classic-of-child-psychology-9780742559516","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}