To accustom the infant to get out of its own difficulties or to calm it by rocking it may be to lay the foundations of a good or of a bad disposition. Jean Piaget accustombadcalm Change image and share on social
During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions. Jean Piaget actionchildearly Change image and share on social
I always like to think on a problem before reading about it. Jean Piaget problemread Change image and share on social
Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures. Jean Piaget linguisticlogicmathematics Change image and share on social
On the one hand, there are individual actions such as throwing, pushing, touching, rubbing. It is these individual actions that give rise most of the time to abstraction from objects. Jean Piaget abstractionactiongive Change image and share on social
One of the most striking things one finds about the child under 7-8 is his extreme assurance on all subjects. Jean Piaget assurancechildextreme Change image and share on social
Logical reasoning is an argument which we have with ourselves and which reproduces internally the features of a real argument. Jean Piaget argumentfeatureinternally Change image and share on social
Egocentrism appears to us as a form of behavior intermediate between purely individual and socialized behavior. Jean Piaget appearbehavioregocentrism Change image and share on social
The main functions of intelligence, that of inventing solutions and that of verifying them, do not necessarily involve one another. The first partakes of imagination; the second alone is properly logical. Jean Piaget functionimaginationintelligence share on social
I engage my subjects in conversation, patterned after psychiatric questioning, with the aim of discovering something about the reasoning underlying their right but especially their wrong answers. Jean Piaget aimanswerconversation Change image and share on social
