Piaget and Creation
Jean Piaget was a very well-rounded academic at an early age and was a prominent writer. He’s contributed work in the areas of children’s cognitive perception of causality, time, morality, and space. His contributions still influence many areas of study that involve human development. Though he’s known for much more, the textbook mainly covers Piaget’s 4 stages of human ontogeny.
- Sensorimotor (birth-2): infant becomes aware of the relationship of physical sensations and actions.
- Preoperational (2-7): child begins to identify how the world is organized, how it functions, and how humans interact with one another.
- Concrete operations (11 or 12): mental processes that allow individuals to solve problems begins to develop for physical objects
- Formal operations (11 or 12): the ability to solve abstract problems develop
These are stages of early human development, and for that reason, I believe Piaget fits well into Creation. His research is about understanding how individuals develop in their environments. I believe Piaget was one of the first to create a reliable map that we use to predict human development. This was considerably useful in therapeutic context for psychology, language, and sociology. Also in my opinion, Piaget’s approach is much more realistic than psychoanalytic psychology.
Denysha Taylor on Unconditional Positive Regard
12:06 am, 12.05.13
“Thus, these children may distort actions and thoughts that do not meet their conditions of worth. They live their lives according to other’s values and do not know their own true feelings and who they truly are”
Absolutely! I agree completely that this ties into Redemption. In fact, I feel like this statement is a great reflection of Christianity both today and of the early church. Roger’s theory really captured one the great difficulties of Christians and how they sometimes see themselves based on the actions they’ve committed in the past. Great post!
Denysha Taylor on The most a human can be
11:59 pm, 12.04.13
Well said, I loved this post. I think your friend makes a very good point, but, personally, I feel he’s missing the big picture of Jesus’ crucifixion. A unique gift that we share with Christ is the fact that he walked the Earth as human. What I mean is that, if anybody actually knows how we feel about anything due to their own experiences, it’s Jesus. The fear of death is very real, even to Christians. Doubt is natural for most Christians and it’s not surprising to see it pop out when someone’s on their deathbed. If I knew I was going to rise from the dead 2 days later, if anything, that would give me hope and strength to go through it. You’re friend makes an excellent point, but I just don’t think Jesus had any room for doubt.
Denysha Taylor on Come What May…
11:49 pm, 12.04.13
Great post! You make a lot of great points and I can definitely see the dilemma! From my perspective, I think May is describing how human beings interact with the environment around them. So I really feel like it applies to a growing process that involves figuring out how the world works. Therefore, I think he would fit into Creation as well.
Denysha Taylor on Hull and the Drive for Another World
11:54 pm, 11.18.13
Jessica,
I agree, this theory does fit well in the Fall using your description. I also like how you’ve shaped Hull with restoration as well. The way you’ve said it makes me think that humans do have control over their outcomes and that we are not driven so basely. Great post!
Denysha Taylor on Anna Freud
11:40 pm, 11.18.13
Caroline,
I like how you’ve presented Freud here. I’ve always been against psychoanalysis because I just think it’s “too sexy”. But the therapies that were carried out were in fact designed to help people and I think I lose sight of that most of the time. Thank you for your post and your perspective!
Denysha Taylor on B.F. Skinner and the power of prayer
11:18 pm, 11.18.13
Levi,
Excellent argument! I never would have put Skinner and prayer together but this was beautiful : ). I agree with you, prayer has too many varieties to be lumped together into one simple (incomplete) explanation. I like how highlighted how cyclical it is too!
Denysha Taylor on Pragamatism as a Redemptive idea
11:58 pm, 11.04.13
Matt,
First of all, great photo : ). Second, I think you were right to place him the Redemption category. The emergence of Pragmatism is a great reflection of Redemption. Ironically enough, James’ life does make sense in a Fall-Redemption reflection as well. Great post!
Denysha Taylor on Therapeutic redemption
11:47 pm, 11.04.13
Levi,
I completely understand your disdain for lack of originality. It’s probably my only hang-up for these blogs. So if it’s any consolation, I think your description of Psychoanalytic theory being “foundations for a healing process in which people could sew up old wounds,” is actually very original. That certainly is one reliable thing we can take away from Freud. His theories may not have been entirely correct, but he did create a basis for a different way of thinking. Whether we like it or not (I don’t.). Your analogy to Christian feelings of redemption was also very powerful and it does make sense when you describe it that way. Bravo.
Denysha Taylor on Gestalt way of Thinking
11:29 pm, 11.04.13
Laura,
I agree that restoration is a great fit for problem solving. When you were talking about the desire to “get something right” my mind went straight to a GRE math problem. However, I think your expansion adds a much more complex depth to the human psyche than any aptitude test.
Denysha Taylor on Darwin
11:57 pm, 10.21.13
Meredith
I love hearing about your personal connection with Darwin, your major, and your spiritual growth. I feel like you may understand him more than most of us. From what I’m reading, I think you present Darwin in light that is very similar to some modern Christians. Some us actually believe there may be a happy medium. Maybe it’s not strictly evolution or strictly spiritual. Maybe God created evolution. For that reason, I absolutely agree with your argument that Darwin fits well in the Creation category. Thank you for the wonderful post.