Jean Piaget
Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do
Date of Birth and Death
Birth: August 9, 1896
Death: September 16, 1980 at the age of 84
Death: September 16, 1980 at the age of 84
Background Information
College: Received Ph.D in Zoology from University of Neuchatel in 1918
Field of Study: Development Psychology, and Epistemology
Family: Wife Valentine Chatenay, Three Children
Field of Study: Development Psychology, and Epistemology
Family: Wife Valentine Chatenay, Three Children
Contribution to Psychology
- Identified the four mental stages to child development, also known as Schema
- Creator of the Theory of Cognitive Development
- Dealt mainly with how children develop their thinking abilites