ABSTRACT

The changes within a human are quite different from changes in technology. Technologies evolve and new technologies are introduced on account of humans. Humans create and change technologies. Humans also develop psychologically and cognitively, in the sense that some things are simply not able to be easily understood at certain stages of development. Humans have the ability to bring about some changes in themselves. Not all human development is pre-coded or determined by external circumstances. Humans make choices and decisions, and those choices and decisions can affect human development. Cognitive developmental theory is the notion that as a person matures, they naturally progress through different stages of cognitive development.