Jean Piaget

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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1. When was Jean Piaget born?August 9, 1896
2. When did Jean Piaget die?September 16, 1980 (age 84)
3. Where was Jean Piaget born?Neuchâtel, Switzerland
4. Who was Jean Piaget?Jean Piaget was a Swiss scientist who studied how children think and learn.
5. What are Piaget's four stages of thinking?He described the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages.

Schema: A cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information, evolving as we learn.
Assimilation and Accommodation: Processes by which individuals integrate new information into existing schemas (assimilation) or modify schemas to fit new information (accommodation).
Object Permanence: The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen or heard.
Conservation: The principle that certain properties of an object (like volume or mass) remain the same despite changes in its appearance.