Four Stages of Architectural Cognition

by Mike Rosen

In the education business, there is a recognized theory of cognitive development that is based on the work of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and his study of children. Piaget identified four stages of development. Each represents the understanding of reality during that stage, but the last is an inadequate approximation of reality. Development from one stage to the next is caused by the accumulation of errors in the understanding of the environment, which eventually requires a reorganization of thought structures to correct it.

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Four Stages of Architectural Cognition16 April 2008