GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
VYGOTSKY
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Question
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Children construct knowledge.
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Cognitive development occurs in distinct stages.
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Development cannot be separated from its social context.
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Language plays a central role in mental development.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, it could be concluded that the statement ‘It ignores the importance of language in cognitive development’ is not true about the socio-cultural theory of Vygotsky.
Detailed explanation-2: -four elementary mental functions Vygotsky claimed that we are born with four ‘elementary mental functions’ : Attention, Sensation, Perception, and Memory. It is our social and cultural environment that allows us to use these elementary skills to develop and finally gain ‘higher mental functions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hence, it could be concluded that the statement ‘It believes that development is a continuous process’ is not true about the theory of cognitive development given by Jean Piaget.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, Logical operational is not a stage as per Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development.