Cognitive Development in Infants/Toddlers 2

Question 1

What does Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory emphasize?

Answer 1

That children live in rich social and cultural contexts that affect the way their cognitive world is structured.

Question 2

zone of proximal development

Answer 2

refers to a range of tasks that the child cannot yet handle alone but can do with the help of more skilled partners

Question 3

What is scaffolding?

Answer 3

The form of teaching where as the child joins in the interaction and picks up mental strategies, her competence increases, and the adult steps back, permitting the child to take more responsibility for the task.

Question 4

How did Piaget and Vygotsky differ in how they believed children discovered make-believe play? Who was right?

Answer 4

Piaget concluded that toddlers discover make-believe independently, once they are capable of representational schemes.
Vygostsky believed that society provides children with opportunities to represent culturally meaningful activities in play.
Both.