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Swiss psychologist
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Jean Piaget (born August 9, 1896, NeuchĆ¢tel, Switzerlandā€”died September 16, 1980, Geneva) was a Swiss psychologist who was the first to make a systematic study of the acquisition of understanding in children. He is thought by many to have been the major figure in 20th-century developmental psychology. Piagetā€™s early interests were in zoology; as a youth he published an article on his observations of an albino sparrow, and by 15 his several publications on mollusks...

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