“Accommodation of mental structures to reality implies the existence of assimilatory schemata apart from which any structure would be impossible.” RealityWould BeExistenceImpossibleStructureAccommodations Book:The Construction of Reality in the Child Source: The Construction of Reality in the Child
“The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality.” MindRealityUnderstandingBuildingEssentialsFunctionStructureInventingBuilding Up Author:Jean Piaget
“Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality.” MeanRealityKnowingTransformation Book:Dialogue with Jean Piaget Source: Dialogue with Jean Piaget
“I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.” RealityMotherPoorAttitudeMental HealthRelateDeparture Book:Dialogue with Jean Piaget Source: Dialogue with Jean Piaget
“During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.” ChildrenRealityActionSubjectsStageFamiliarPerceive Book:The Construction of Reality in the Child Source: The Construction of Reality in the Child