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cognitivist

cognitivist

1. n. a theorist concerned primarily with describing either intellectual development (e.g., Jean Piaget, Jerome Seymour Bruner) or early language behavior (e.g., Roger Brown).

2. adj. describing a perspective or approach that is based on cognitivism.

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