Piaget-by Blorya
Theory model
Contributions to Psychology:
He created the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in 1955 and served as director until his death.
provided support for the idea that children think differently than adults
Death
•Died September 16, 1980
Best known for
Piaget's theory described stages that children pass through in the development of intelligence and formal thought processes.
(1)the sensorimotor stage, (2)the preoperational stage, (3)the concrete operational stage, and (4) the formal operation stage
studied the intellectual development of his own three children
his research on children's cognitive development
Education
Piaget spent fifty years studying children.
received his doctoral degree at age 22
Birth
Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland in 1896
Family life
had 2 daughters and one son
In 1923, Piaget married Valentine Chatenay, and their first daughter
