Jean Piaget (Swiss psychologist)

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist best known for studying how children's thinking develops. He proposed that as children grow, they pass through distinct stages of cognitive development, each characterized by different ways of understanding the world. His work showed that children actively explore and learn, building their knowledge over time rather than just absorbing facts. Piaget’s theories help explain how children's reasoning, problem-solving, and understanding of concepts like truth and causality evolve with age, influencing educational practices and our understanding of human learning processes.