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Switzerland
2023

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Psychology

D-Index
113
Citations
195015
World Ranking
345
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 1979 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1976 - E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association
  • 1972 - Erasmus Prize, Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
  • 1969 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1968 - Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, American Educational Research Association
  • 1966 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jean Piaget was affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and conducted research primarily in the Social Sciences. Their work focused on specific subfields including Sociology and Political Science as well as Political Science and International Relations, covering topics such as Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, Sociology and Education Studies, and Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics.

Piaget's recent research output included a paper published in 2022 titled "Jean Piaget" in the venue GZ - Psychologie. This publication had a recorded citation count of one.

The list of frequent co-authors collaborating with Piaget comprised Klaus Schröder, Van Gogh, Der Aufbau Der Wirklichkeit, and Horst Schilling.

Piaget's published works also included a book titled "Geschichtsdidaktische Perspektiven auf die Geschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts", released in 2022 by the publisher Think! Historically: teaching history and the dialogue of disciplines.

Frequent venues where Piaget's research was published featured:

  • GZ - Psychologie

The scientist was recognized through multiple awards over their career, including:

  • International Balzan Prize (1979)
  • E. L. Thorndike Award from the American Psychological Association (1976)
  • Erasmus Prize from the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation (1972)
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association (1969)
  • Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award from the American Educational Research Association (1968)
  • Membership in the National Academy of Sciences (1966)

Best Publications

  • The Moral Judgment of the Child

    Jean Piaget

  • The Moral Judgement of the Child

    Jean Piaget

  • Play, dreams and imitation in childhood

    Jean Piaget

  • The construction of reality in the child

    Jean Piaget

  • The Psychology of the Child

    Jean Piaget;Bärbel Inhelder;Helen Weaver

  • The Origins of Intelligence in Children

    Jean Piaget;Margaret Cook

  • The Language and Thought of the Child

    Jean Piaget

  • Seis Estudios De Psicologia

    Jean Piaget

  • The Growth of Logical Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence

    Bärbel Inhelder;Jean Piaget;Anne Parsons;Stanley Milgram

  • Piaget’s Theory

    Jean Piaget

  • The psychology of intelligence

    Jean Piaget

  • The Child's Conception of the World

    Jean Piaget

  • The Moral Judgment of the Child

    Jean Piaget;Marjorie Gabain

  • The Child's Conception of Space

    Jean Piaget;Baerbel Inhelder;F. J. Langdon;J. L. Lunzer

  • Intellectual Evolution from Adolescence to Adulthood

    J. Piaget

  • The Child's Conception of Number

    Jean Piaget

  • Science of education and the psychology of the child

    Jean Piaget

  • Judgement and Reasoning in the Child

    Jean Piaget

  • Part I: Cognitive development in children: Piaget development and learning

    Jean Piaget

  • The Language and Thought of the Child

    C. O. Weber;Jean Piaget;M. Warden

  • The early growth of logic in the child

    Barbel Inhelder;Jean Piaget

Frequent Co-Authors

Bärbel Inhelder
Bärbel Inhelder University of Geneva
Jerome S. Bruner
Jerome S. Bruner New York University
Daniel E. Berlyne
Daniel E. Berlyne University of Toronto
Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung University of Zurich
Stanley Coren
Stanley Coren University of British Columbia
John H. Flavell
John H. Flavell Stanford University

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