DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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Samantha, can you pass me the red marker?
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“Tamira, I don’t like it when you take my toy!”
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Miss Kelly “When are we going outside?”
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Child working on puzzle says to self “Where’s the red one? I need the red piece. No, it doesn’t fit.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, a child may use private speech to direct themselves away from the distracting toy and toward the activity that the teacher told the child to do. Thus, private speech helps children to be less strongly influenced by their immediate environment and instead to self-control their behaviour.
Detailed explanation-2: -Young preschool children frequently talk out loud to themselves as they play and explore the environment. This self-talk is known as private speech.
Detailed explanation-3: -Private speech, or speaking aloud to oneself, is a phenomenon of child development that Vygotsky interpreted as the critical transitional process-the pivotal stage-between speaking with others and thinking for oneself.