5th topic, Mead and Vygotsky Flashcards
According to Mead and Vygotsky, what two factors contribute to human development?
Language acquisition and
Interaction with others.
What process in our heads is described when people deliberate about moral dilemmas?
Internal dialogue.
How do Mead and Vygotsky view the human mind as being constituted?
Through language as experienced in the external world and encountered in dialogs with others.
What does a young child internalize through exposure to dialogs?
Values
Norms
Practices
Social beliefs.
For Mead, what activity allows a child to assume the “other” and conceptualize the “self”?
Role-play through language.
What do children often create for their toys during role-play, according to the text?
Scripts and dialogs.
According to Vygotsky, what types of dialogs does a child internalize?
Real-life dialogs with family, primary caregivers, or playmates.
What does a child use internalized dialogs for, according to Vygotsky?
To apply them to mental and practical problems along with social and cultural infusions.
What behavior in children is linked to their exposure to external influences, like cartoons?
They easily adapt the ways of cartoon characters they are exposed to
What does Mead say a child delineates through role-play?
The “I” from the rest.
What kind of development in a child is described as a mimicry of how things are done in the social world?
Cognitive and emotional development.
