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Piaget, Jean

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Swiss psychologist whose studies of the development of thought processes in children have been influential in early-childhood research and on school curricula and teaching methods. The subjects of Piaget's studies of intellectual development were his own children. He postulated four main stages in the development of mental processes: sensorimeter (birth to the age of two), preoperational (two to seven), concrete operational (seven to twelve), and formal operational, characterized by the development of logical thought. Piaget was born in Neuchâtel. He was a child prodigy in zoology, and by the age of 15 had gained an international reputation for his work on molluscs. Subsequently he studied at Neuchâtel, Zürich, and Paris, where he researched into the reasons why children fail intelligence tests. This gained him the directorship of the Institut J J Rousseau in Geneva 1921. During his subsequent career Piaget held many academic positions, some of them concurrent. In 1955 he founded the…
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The Swiss psychologist and educator Jean Piaget (1896–1980) is famous for his learning theories based on identifiable stages in the development of children’s intelligence . Jean Piaget was born on August 9, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the son of a historian. When he was 11, his notes on a rare…
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The writings of Jean Piaget, extending over decades, present a complex amalgam of philosophy of science, massive observational studies of children at work and at play, and a subtle predilection for the skills and mores of the upper classes of the Europe he knew. His influence on Western thought in…
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From Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals
Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist whose explorations of the cognitive development of children helped to revolutionize education in the 20th century. He described the sequence of mental development in three phases: (1) the sensory-motor phase, from birth to about age 2, during which children…
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From The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Place : Switzerland Subject : biography, biology Swiss psychologist famous for his pioneering studies of the development of thought processes, particularly in children. He is generally considered to be one of the most important figures in modern developmental psychology and his work has had a great…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
Swiss psychologist and epistemologist who profoundly influenced questions, theories, and methods in the study of cognitive development. The philosophical interpretation and implications of his work, however, remain controversial. Piaget regarded himself as engaged in genetic epistemology, the study…
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From The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
Swiss developmental psychologist, the creator of influential theories of cognitive development. These theories, partly evolved through observation of his own three children, identified progressive stages of development, including the development of cognitive structures. Among his interests was the…
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Full text Article Jean Piaget (1896–1980)

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