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Psychologist

Swiss psychologist and the founder of the theory of cognitive development. Piaget's research has had a profound impact on fields such as educational psychology and child psychology.

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Famous Jean Piaget Quotes

“If a baby really has no awareness of himself and is totally thing-directed and at the same time all his states of mind are projected onto things, our second paradox makes sense: on the one hand, thought in babies can be viewed as pure accommodation or exploratory movements, but on the other this very same thought is only one, long, completely autistic waking dream.”

Ifs Mind Long States Dream Hands Awareness Movement Baby Pure Make Sense Paradox State Of Mind Waking Autistic Accommodations

Author:Jean Piaget

“If mutual respect does derive from unilateral respect, it does so by opposition.”

Ifs Doe Opposition Mutual Mutual Respect

Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child

Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child

“How can we, with our adult minds, know what will be interesting? If you follow the child...you can find out something new.”

Ifs Knows Mind Children Interesting Adults Something New

Author:Jean Piaget

“It was while teaching philosophy that I saw how easily one can say ... what one wants to say. ... In fact, I became particularly aware if the dangers of speculation ... It's so much easier than digging out the facts. You sit in your office and build a system. But with my training in biology, I felt this kind of undertaking precarious.”

Ifs Want Kind Philosophy Facts Felt Saws Teaching Danger Easier Office Training Biology Speculation Digging Undertakings Precarious

Author:Jean Piaget

“If logic itself is created rather than being inborn, it follows that the first task of education is to form reasoning.”

Ifs Firsts Form Tasks Logic Reasoning

Author:Jean Piaget

About the Author

Born: August 9, 1896
Died: September 16, 1980
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 77

Books & Sources

The Moral Judgement of the ChildRelated source material

The Construction of Reality in the ChildRelated source material

Dialogue with Jean PiagetRelated source material

Biology and Knowledge: An Essay on the Relations between Organic Regulations and Cognitive ProcessesRelated source material

Conversations with Jean PiagetRelated source material

Origin of Intelligence in the Child: Selected WorksRelated source material

Psychology and Epistemology: Towards a Theory of KnowledgeRelated source material

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