Jean Piaget Bibliography

In today’s world there have been many studies, experiments, findings, and theories found by biologist, philosophers, and psychologist. Among them is Jean Piaget who is ranked as one of the top twenty-five psychologist of the twentieth century, whose qualifications include journal citations, appearance in introductory psychology textbooks, and/or awarded or recipient of psychological and sciences foundations. Piaget’s interesting childhood, adolescence, and studies have attributed to his ranking as the second most eminent psychologist of the twentieth century. We must also recognize his initial love and study of biology that was the root of his life’s philosophy. Born on August 9, 1896 Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland to the parents of Arthur Piaget and Rebecca Jackson. Growing up, he was influenced by both parents in unique ways. His father, Arthur was a professor of literature with a liking of history, while his mother was also very ambitious and brightwoman. Piaget found his mother to be somewhat of neurotic, which later influenced him to take and interest in psychology. Throughout his childhood, Jean, took a liking to nature and the biology of it. At his young age he was very intellectual publishing his first paper on the albino sparrow when he was ten years old. While in high school he continued his hard work in research and publicizing his knowledge of mollusks. With this, he worked along side Dr. Godel in the Neuchâtel’s Museum of Natural History that gave him great experience and exposure to the science world. At this time, Piaget’s work was known and studied all over Europe and his level of work was obviously higher than that of a high school student. Continuing his studies, he wanted to find the “biological explanation of knowledge,” by different philosophies and the use of logic. While attending the University of Neuchatel he became very sickly after intensive writing and studying. Piaget took this as a warning and took some time to rest