Piaget

[pee-uh-zhey, py-ah-, pya-zhe]

noun

1. Jean 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.

Piaget

/ pjaʒɛ /

noun

1. Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist, noted for his work on the development of the cognitive functions in children

Example Sentences

Somehow, Piaget has squeezed those into the new watch’s 41.5-millimeter blue cobalt alloy case without fattening it up.

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The trio, carrying a handgun equipped with a silencer, targeted the Piaget store at lunchtime in the chic Rue de la Paix, a stone's throw from the Opera in the city's second district.

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Problems on the “society” portion of the exam challenged them to decipher three-dimensional hypothetical analyses of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

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When Piaget introduced a line of watches advertised as a “daring departure,” the company made Fosbury its spokesperson.

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She imagined herself as the canine-behavior equivalent of the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, who used his own children as subjects in formulating his theories of developmental psychology.

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