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Piaget is born
Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland -
Nov 3, 1906 Wrote 1st scientific paper at age 11
Paper was on a rare part-albino sparrow which led him to his famous career -
Started publishing on his own
He published his first few articles on mollusks at age 15. One got him a job at Geneva's natural history museum which he turned down to further his education -
Received doctoral degree
Degree was for research on mollusks. He also participated in doctoral training from 1918-1919 -
Studied in Paris
Some studies included abnormal psychiatric, logic, epistemology, and language development in children -
Developed standardized reasoning tests
With Théodore Simon which led him to his question how do children learn? -
Started working in children pyschology
He was the director of research, assistant director, and co-director at the Jean Jacques Rousseau Institute, and later part of Geneva University. -
Started working in children pyschology
He was the director of research, assistant director, and co-director at the Jean Jacques Rousseau Institute, and later part of Geneva University. -
Married Valentine Chatenay
Later had 3 children after 1925 named Jacqueline, Lucienne and Laurent. -
Became director of the Pyschology Lab
At Geneva -
Founded the Center for Genetic Epistemology
With help from the funds from the Rockefeller Foundation. -
Director of the Institute for Educational Science
Founded/became director of the Institute for Educational Science -
Defined 4 stages of intellectual development
-The sensorimotor stage.
-Preoperational stage.
-Concrete operational stage.
-The formal operation stage. -
Piaget died
Piaget died in Geneva, Switzerland
