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Born August 9, 1896 • Neuchâtel • Switzerland
Died September 16, 1980 (aged 84) • Geneva • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study child development • concrete operational stage • developmental psychology • formal operational stage • preoperational stage • sensorimotor stage • knowledge

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