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    A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: JEAN PIAGET
    A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: JEAN PIAGET
    A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: JEAN PIAGET
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    A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: JEAN PIAGET

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    Perfect for research assignments in psychology, science, and history, this concise study guide is a one-stop source for in-depth coverage of major psychological theories and the people who developed them. Consistently formatted entries typically cover the following: biographical sketch and personal data, theory outline, analysis of psychologist's place in history, summary of critical response to the theory, the theory in action, and more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJan 27, 2015
    ISBN9781535831574
    A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: JEAN PIAGET

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      BIOGRAPHY

      Child prodigy

      Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, August 9, 1896, the first of three children of Arthur Piaget and Rebecca Jackson. The Piaget family lived in a quiet French-speaking region near Lake Neuchatel, in the cradle of the Swiss Alps in an area of Switzerland noted for its vineyards and watch making.

      Jean was a child prodigy. His father, a professor of medieval literature at Neuchatel University, nurtured his son's innovative and inquisitive mind and encouraged young Jean in the systematic pursuit of answers to his many queries about the natural world.

      Jean's mother was a strict Calvinist, adhering to a system of biblical interpretation focused on the supreme sovereignty of God and the fallen nature of humans. She was politically active and concerned with the social causes of the day. By some accounts Rebecca Piaget was a troubled woman, seriously challenged with mental illness. She encouraged her son to attend religious instruction, but young Piaget soon lost interest in what he considered childish religious arguments. Piaget began his study of various philosophies in an effort to find his way through the inconsistencies he perceived between the religious instruction he received at church and his own observations of the natural world. At the suggestion of his godfather, the Swiss scholar Samuel Cornut, Piaget began his study of philosophy. He was especially touched by the French writer Henri Bergson's 1907 book, Creative Evolution. Piaget said the book stirred him almost to ecstasy.

      He told interviewer Elizabeth Hall much later in his professional life:

      Suddenly the problem of knowledge appeared to me in a new light. I became convinced, very quickly, that most of the problems in philosophy were problems of knowledge, and that most problems of knowledge were problems of biology. You see, the problem of knowledge is the problem of the relation between the subject and the object, how the subject knows the object. If you translate this into biological terms, it is a problem of the organism's adapting to its environment. I decided to consecrate my life to this biological explanation of knowledge.

      Jean grew into a serious young man, disciplined and determined in his pursuit of knowledge. He chafed within the strictures and routines of his early schooling and became bored and restless in the classroom. His early interest in the scientific study of nature led him to membership in a local biology club while a student at Neuchatel Latin high school. When he was only a boy of 10, Jean published a paper in the club's Journal of Natural History of Neuchatel describing his observations of an albino sparrow. Jean took his work quite seriously. He sought and gained access to the university library where he could explore more books and journals to further his studies.

      In later years, Piaget described his youthful home life as being not particularly happy. As a young student he spent most of his time away from the difficulties at home, immersing himself in study and seeking to solve the mysteries of nature. He was intrigued with the study of fossils, bird life, and even with the invention of a steam engine car. He read constantly in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and natural sciences, a habit he sustained throughout his

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