AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

BIOLOGY COGNITION AND LEARNING

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Both Piaget and Vygotsky emphasized the importance of social interactions in cognitive development, but Piaget saw a different role for interaction.Piaget believed that the most helpful interactions were those between peers, because peers are on an equal basis and can challenge each other’s thinking. Vygotsky, on the other hand ____
A
Vygotsky believed that children’s cognitive development is fostered by interactions with other children with the same problem.
B
Vygotsky suggested that children’s cognitive development is fostered by interactions with their grandparentsVygotsky suggested that children’s cognitive development is fostered by interactions with people who are more capable or advanced in their thinking-people such as parents and teachers.
C
Vygotsky suggested that children’s cognitive development is fostered by interactions with people who are more capable or advanced in their thinking-people such as parents and teachers
D
Vygotsky suggested that children’s cognitive development is fostered by interactions with his/her family who are no capable or advanced in their thinking-people such as parents, grandparents, brothers or sisters.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Both Piaget and Vygotsky emphasized the importance of social interactions in cognitive development, but Piaget saw a different role for interaction. Piaget believed that the most helpful interactions were those between peers, because peers are on an equal basis and can challenge each other’s thinking.

Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget proposed that children progress through the stages of cognitive development through maturation, discovery methods, and some social transmissions through assimilation and accommodation (Woolfolk, A., 2004). Vygotsky’s theory stressed the importance of culture and language on one’s cognitive development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vygotsky’s social development theory asserts that a child’s cognitive development and learning ability can be guided and mediated by their social interactions. His theory (also called Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory) states that learning is a crucially social process as opposed to an independent journey of discovery.

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