Information Processing Tendencies in Recent Experiments in Cognitive Learning—Theoretical Implications

Abstract

Professor Frijda is reported (by Gascon, 1969) to have said, in an unpublished conference that “Piaget’s theory is easier to program than any other existing theory of intelligence.” However, my impression is that Piaget’s central concepts are not sufficiently specified in their present form to be programmable. His experiments are programmable, but their simulation should only be considered as a means to elucidating the nature of these constructive processes. This is what I wish to submit to a discussion here.