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Piaget is born
Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland -
Wrote 1st scientific paper at age 11
Paper was on a rare part-albino sparrow which led him to his famous career -
Started pulishing 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 -
Receieved doctoral degree
Degree was for research on mollusks. He also participated in doctoral training from 1918-1919 -
Studied in Paris
studies included abnormal pysc, logic, epestimology, 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. -
Married Valentine Chatenay
later had 3 children after 1925 named Jacqueline, Lucienne and Laurent. -
Period: to
Professor of history of scientific thought
at Geneva University -
Became director of the Pyschology Lab
At Geneva -
Founded the Center for Genetic Epistemology
with help from the funds from the Rockefeller Foundation. -
Founded/became director of the Institute for Educational Science
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Defined 4 stages of intellecutal development
the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage and the formal operation stage. -
Piaget died in Geneva, Switzerland
