CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which theorist considered language to play a crucial role in cognitive development?
A
Piaget
B
Dewey
C
Vygotsky
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, it could be concluded that according to Vygotsky, language plays a crucial role in the development of cognitive ability. In his “Socio-cultural Theory", Vygotsky also proposed three stages of language that a child progresses while developing language functions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vygotsky viewed language as an essential tool for communication and that culture and behaviour was understood through language. Vygotsky also highlighted the critical role that language plays in cognitive development. Vygotsky’s theory says that social interactions help children develop their ability to use language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vygotsky’s Cognitive Development Theory argues that cognitive abilities are socially guided and constructed. As such, culture serves as a mediator for the formation and development of specific abilities, such as learning, memory, attention, and problem solving.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vygotsky’s Theory of Social Development argues that community and language play a central part in learning. Vygotsky believed that children develop independently of specific stages as a result of social interactions.

Detailed explanation-5: -For Piaget, thought preceded language. A child learned to think first, and then from that thought, speak. Vygotsky believed that thought and speech were separate, intact processes that merged around age three. He also believed – and this is key – that cognitive development occurred as language was internalized.

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