Influence
Despite his ceasing to be a fashionable psychologist, the magnitude of Piaget's continuing influence can be measured by the global scale and activity of the Jean Piaget Society, which holds annual conferences and attracts very large numbers of participants. His theory of cognitive development has proved influential in many different areas:
- Developmental psychology
- Education and Morality
- Historical studies of thought and cognition
- Evolution
- Philosophy
- Primatology
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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