Genetic epistemology refers to the study of the origin of knowledge in the development of the child.
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Genetic epistemology is defined as the study of the origin of knowledge in the development of the child; the experimental study of the development of knowledge, developed by Piaget.
Genetic epistemology, moreover, is a Piagetian approach to the study of cognitive development that emphasizes the intellectual structures underlying cognitive experience at different developmental points and the ways in which the structures adapt to environmental experience.