Piaget wanted to research in environments that would allow children to connect with some existing aspects of the world. The idea was to change the approach described in his book The Child's Conception of the World and move away from the vague questioning interviews. This new approach was described in his book The Child's Conception of Physical Causality, where children were presented with dilemmas and had to think of possible solutions on their own. Later, after carefully analyzing previous methods, Piaget developed a combination of naturalistic observation with clinical interviewing in his book Judgment and Reasoning in the Child, where a child's intellect was tested with questions and close monitoring. Piaget was convinced he had found a way to analyze and access a child's thoughts about the world in a very effective way (Mayer, 2005). Piaget's research provided a combination of theoretical and practical research methods and it has offered a crucial contribution to the field of developmental psychology (Beilin, 1992). "Piaget is often criticized because his method of investigation, though somewhat modified in recent years, is still largely clinical". He observes a child's surroundings and behavior. He then comes up with a hypothesis testing it and focusing on both the surroundings and behavior after changing a little of the surrounding.Phillips, John L. (1969). The Origin of Intellect: Piaget's Theory. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.
piaget wanted to research in environments that would allow children to connect with some existing aspects of the world the idea was to change the approach described in his book the child's conception of the world and move away from the vague questioning interviews this new approach was described in his book the child's conception of physical causality where children were presented with dilemmas and had to think of possible solutions on their own later after carefully analyzing previous methods piaget developed a combination of naturalistic observation with clinical interviewing in his book judgment and reasoning in the child where a child's intellect was tested with questions and close monitoring piaget was convinced he had found a way to analyze and access a child's thoughts about the world in a very effective way (mayer 2005) piaget's research provided a combination of theoretical and practical research methods and it has offered a crucial contribution to the field of developmental psychology (beilin 1992) "piaget is often criticized because his method of investigation though somewhat modified in recent years is still largely clinical" he observes a child's surroundings and behavior he then comes up with a hypothesis testing it and focusing on both the surroundings and behavior after changing a little of the surroundingphillips john l (1969) the origin of intellect piaget's theory san francisco w h freeman