![]() ![]() Work in two psychological laboratories in Zurich introduced him to psychoanalysis. Biology (the study of life) was thus merged with epistemology (the study of knowledge), both basic to his later learning theories. Piaget’s godfather introduced him to philosophy. At Neuchâtel University he finished natural-science studies in 1916 and earned the doctoral degree for research on mollusks in 1918. One article, written when he was 15, led to a job offer at Geneva’s natural-history museum he declined in order to continue his education. His help in classifying Neuchâtel’s natural-history museum collection stimulated his study of mollusks (shellfish). When he was 11, his notes on a rare part-albino sparrow were published, the first of hundreds of articles and over fifty books. ![]() ![]() Jean Piaget was born on August 9, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the son of a historian. The Swiss psychologist and educator Jean Piaget (1896–1980) is famous for his learning theories based on identifiable stages in the development of children’s intelligence. ![]()
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