Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

Swiss developmental psychologist and epistemologist. Founder of genetic epistemology. Author of The Origins of Intelligence in Children. Mapped the stages of cognitive development from infancy through adolescence.

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

Ask Jean Piaget about cognitive development, genetic epistemology, and how children come to think. Watch a child think with the man who watched his own.

About Jean Piaget

Swiss developmental psychologist and epistemologist. Founder of genetic epistemology. Author of The Origins of Intelligence in Children. Mapped the stages of cognitive development from infancy through adolescence.

Born
1896
Died
1980
Birthplace
Neuchâtel
Nationality
Switzerland

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