The child's conception of physical causality / Jean Piaget ; [translated by Marjorie Gabain].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980.

Series:

Developmental psychology ; 18.

International library of psychology ; 80.

Developmental psychology ; 18

International library of psychology ; 80

Standardized Title:

Causalite physique chez l'enfant

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Causation.

Child psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 309 pages :) illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Physical causality, The child's conception of.

Causality, physical, The child's conception of.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our encounters with the physical world are filled with miraculous puzzles-wind appears from somewhere, heavy objects (like oil tankers) float on oceans, yet smaller objects go to the bottom of our water-filled buckets. As adults, instead of confronting a whole world, we are reduced to driving from one parking garage to another. The Child's Conception of Physical Causality, part of the very beginning of the ground-breaking work of the Swiss naturalist Jean Piaget, is filled with creative experimental ideas for probing the most sophisticated ways of thinking in children.

Contents:

THE CHILD'S CONCEPTION OF PHYSICAL CAUSALITY; Copyright; Contents; Section I: Explanation of Movement; Chapter I. Experiments Concerning the Nature of air; 1. Pressure of the hands; 2. The air of the punctured ball, of the tube, and of the pump; 3. The making of air and the movement of projectiles; 4. Centrifugal force; Chapter II. The Origin of Wind and of Breath; 1.The formation of wind; 2. Breathing; Chapter III. Movement of the Clouds and the Heavenly Bodies; 1. The movement of clouds,; 2. The movement of the heavenly bodies

Chapter IV. Water Currents and Movements due to Weight 1. The waves of the lake; 2. The current of rivers; 3. The suspension of the sun and moon, and the fall of heavy bodies to the ground; Chapter V. The Child's idea of Force; 1. How the child explains movement; 2. Definition of the idea of force; 3. Origin of the idea of force; Section II: Prediction and Explanation; Chapter VI. The Floating of Boats; 1. First and second stages: boats float for moral or dynamic reasons

2. Third stage: boats float owing to their own or to acquired movement and because they are light in relation to the total mass of water 3. Boats float for static reasons; Chapter VII.The Level of Water; 1. First stage: the water rises because of the weight of the submerged body; 2. Second and third stages: the rôle of volume is understood and made explicit; 3. Conclusions; 4. Prediction and explanation of the phenomenon of communicating vessels in children from 8 to 12 years old; Chapter VIII. The Problem of Shadows

1. First stage: shadow is a substance emanating from the object and participating with night 2. Second stage: shadow is a substance emanating from the object alone; 3. Third stage: shadow is a substance which flees from light; 4. Conclusions; Section III: Explanation of Machines; Chapter IX. The Mechanism of Bicycles; 1. First stage: the cause of the movement is synthetic; 2. Second stage: the various parts are necessary but unrelated; 3. Third and fourth stages: the search for contacts and mechanical explanation; Chapter X. The Steam-Engine

1. First stage: the wheel turns because of the fire 2. Second stage: the wheel turns because of the water; 3. Third stage: the wheel turns because of the steam; Chapter XI.Trains, Motor-Cars, and Aeroplanes; 1. Steam-engines and motor-boats; 2. Motorcars and aeroplanes; 3. Conclusions; Section IV: The Child's Conception of Reality and Causality; Summary and Conclusion; 1. The child's reality; 2. Causality and the child; 3. The child's idea of law; 4. Assimilation and imitation; 5. Child logic; 6. Logic and reality; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Notes:

Originally published: London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1930.

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-136-31645-0

1-315-00963-3

1-136-31638-8

9781315009636

OCLC:

852758786