Piaget
Swiss cognitive psychologist
Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist whose theory of cognitive development remains foundational in education and child psychology.
He proposed that children progress through distinct stages—sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational—each marked by qualitatively different ways of thinking.
In educational contexts, Piagetian often describes developmentally appropriate teaching: The curriculum follows Piagetian principles.
Acquiring reasoning abilities over time
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
equilibration · sensorimotor · preoperational · object permanence · conservation · egocentrism · adaptation · intelligence
Swiss seat of diplomacy
- SwitzerlandAlpine republic, perpetually neutral
- French-speakingUsing France's language
- francophoneNative speaker of French
- AlpineOf high European peaks
cognitive development
Acquiring reasoning abilities over time
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
- schemaOrganized representational structure
accommodation · equilibration · sensorimotor · preoperational · object permanence · conservation · egocentrism · adaptation · intelligence · learning
Geneva
Swiss seat of diplomacy
- SwitzerlandAlpine republic, perpetually neutral
- French-speakingUsing France's language
- francophoneNative speaker of French
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- Educational Psychologyeducational psychology, school psychology, learning theory, cognitive development, Erikson
- education historypublic schooling, education reforms, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school
- Jewelry Tradejewelers, jewelry designers, goldsmiths, silversmiths, gemologists
- PsychologistsFreud, Jung, Skinner, Maslow, Pavlov
- cognitive sciencecognitive psychology, cognitive science, cognitive development, cognitive load, cognitive maps
Piagetbehaviorism
Psychology studying observable conduct
Sigmund Freud · Freud · B.F. Skinner · John Watson · Skinner
PiagetB.F. Skinner
Behaviorist psychologist, conditioning researcher
rote learning · blank slate · passive learning · conditioning