In child psychology, Papert's principle is often used to explain the results of Jean Piaget's experiments. It is named for Seymour Papert and states that:

Some of the most crucial steps in mental growth are based not simply on acquiring new skills, but on acquiring new administrative ways to use what one already knows.

— Marvin Minsky, ^[1]

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• Association
• Attention
• Dissociation
• Child development
• Developmental psychology
• Language development
• Mental development
• Thought