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[[File:Jean Piaget in Ann Arbor.png|thumb|[[Jean Piaget]] in [[Ann Arbor]]]]
'''Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development,''' or his "[[genetic epistemology]]," is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human [[intelligence]]. It was originated by the Swiss [[developmental psychologist]] [[Jean Piaget]] (1896–1980). The theory deals with the [[epistemology|nature of knowledge]] itself and how humans gradually come to acquire, construct, and use it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/wileyse/cognitive_development/0|title=Cognitive Development - Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals - Credo Reference|website=search.credoreference.com}}</ref> Piaget's theory is mainly known as a [[Developmental stage theories|developmental stage theory]].
In 1919, while working at the Alfred Binet Laboratory School in [[Paris]], Piaget "was intrigued by the fact that children of different ages made different kinds of mistakes while solving problems".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Franzoi |first=Stephen L. |title=Essentials of Psychology |publisher=BVT Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=9781618826947 |edition=5th |___location=Redding, CA |pages=119}}</ref> His experience and observations at the Alfred Binet Laboratory were the beginnings of his theory of cognitive development.<ref>{{Citation|last=Piaget|first=Jean|title=Jean Piaget.|date=1952|url=http://content.apa.org/books/11154-011|work=A History of Psychology in Autobiography, Vol IV.|pages=237–256|editor-last=Boring|editor-first=Edwin G.|place=Worcester|publisher=Clark University Press|language=en|doi=10.1037/11154-011|access-date=2021-02-28|editor2-last=Werner|editor2-first=Heinz|editor3-last=Langfeld|editor3-first=Herbert S.|editor4-last=Yerkes|editor4-first=Robert M.}}</ref>
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