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  2. Jean Piaget - Wikipedia

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    Jean William Fritz Piaget (UK: / p i ˈ æ ʒ eɪ /, [1] [2] US: / ˌ p iː ə ˈ ʒ eɪ, p j ɑː ˈ ʒ eɪ /; [3] [4] [5] French: [ʒɑ̃ pjaʒɛ]; 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development.

  3. Piaget's theory of cognitive development - Wikipedia

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    It was originated by the Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget (1896–1980). The theory deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans gradually come to acquire, construct, and use it. [1] Piaget's theory is mainly known as a developmental stage theory.

  4. Developmental stage theories - Wikipedia

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    Jean Piaget's cognitive developmental theory describes four major stages from birth through puberty, the last of which starts at 12 years and has no terminating age: [11] Sensorimotor: (birth to 2 years), Preoperations: (2 to 7 years), Concrete operations: (7 to 11 years), and Formal Operations: (from 12 years). Each stage has at least two ...

  5. Cognitive development - Wikipedia

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    Jean Piaget was the first psychologist and philosopher to brand this type of study as "cognitive development". [31] Other researchers, in multiple disciplines, had studied development in children before, but Piaget is often credited as being the first one to make a systematic study of cognitive development and gave it its name.

  6. Genetic epistemology - Wikipedia

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    Genetic epistemology or 'developmental theory of knowledge' is a study of the origins (genesis) of knowledge (epistemology) established by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. This theory opposes traditional epistemology and unites constructivism and structuralism.

  7. List of psychologists - Wikipedia

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    Jean Piaget, (Piagetian psychology and genetic epistemology, Piaget's theory of cognitive development) Robert O. Pihl; Steven Pinker, (experimental psychology ...

  8. Bärbel Inhelder - Wikipedia

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    Bärbel Elisabeth Inhelder (15 April 1913 – 17 February 1997) was a Swiss psychologist most known for her work under psychologist and epistemologist Jean Piaget and their contributions toward child development. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Inhelder initially showed interest in education.

  9. Centration - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, centration is the tendency to focus on one salient aspect of a situation and neglect other, possibly relevant aspects. [1] Introduced by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget through his cognitive-developmental stage theory, centration is a behaviour often demonstrated in the preoperational stage. [2]