Abstract
At first glance, the developmental psychologies of Jean Piaget and current American behavior theory appear to differ so much that an attempt to compare them would seem a strained and unproductive venture. It is difficult to find two points of view in psychology which have utilized more dissimilar methods, produced more disparate types of data, and developed more divergent conceptual systems. The workers in Geneva have concentrated primarily upon the accumulation of rich naturalistic observations concerning the cognitive life of children. Behavior theorists have been more concerned with the careful analysis of the development of simple nonverbal responses such as bar-pressing by children or running a straight alley by animals. The highly descriptive and wide-ranging theoretical formulations of Piaget form a striking contrast to the behavior theorists' attempts to present their systems in operationally well-defined and quantitative terms.
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