Lesson 7.2 Flashcards
Sociocultural Theory of Development
A Russian psychologist who highlighted the essential role that society and culture play in the cognitive development of an individual.
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky
Proposed the sociocultural theory
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky
a socially-mediated process in which children acquire their cultural values, beliefs, and problem-solving strategies through the help of more knowledgeable
members of society
Human development (Sociocultural Theory)
solving strategies that children internalize through social interactions with more knowledgeable members of society
Tools of Intellectual Adaptation
May take on both material and nonmaterial forms
Tools of Intellectual Adaptation
passed through social interactions
Tools of intellectual
adaptation
elementary mental functions
attenttion, sensation,
perception, memory
higher mental functions
more sophisticated and
effective mental processes
refers to someone who has a better understanding or a higher level of ability than
the learner with respect to a particular task, process, or concept
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
refers to the difference between what a child can achieve independently and what a
child can achieve with guidance and encouragement from an MKO
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
refers to the supporve (social and instruconal) acvies provided by
the MKO to support the learner as he or she is led through the ZPD
Scaffolding
develops from social interactions for communication
purposes
language
plays a critical role in cognitive development
language
2 critical roles of language in cognitive development
- primary means by w/c adults transmit info to children
- intellectual adaptation
3 forms of language
social speech
private speech
inner speech
