Piaget vs. Vygotsky: Comparing and Contrasting “Strategies of Cognitive Development” and “Sociocultural Theory of Development” The Swiss Psychologist‚ Jean Piaget‚ and the Russian Psychologist‚ Lev Vygotsky were both interested in the learning and development‚ specifically among the children. Their theories show that they are both constructivist in their approach. Both of them believe that cognition is a mental construction; that children learn by fitting new info together with that which they
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in jump-starting cognitive development‚ which is the development of thinking‚ problem solving‚ and memory. There was a time that people believed young children and adults had alike thought processes. However‚ Swiss-born clinical psychologist‚ Jean Piaget reversed this notion by theorizing that there are four separate stages to this process that occur from the time before your first birthday up until you begin approaching adulthood. The four stages are the sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operations
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the world around us. There are stages that have been clinically proven to be the average for children by theorists Piaget and Vygotsky. Jean Piaget theories focus on the stages of intellectual development through assimilation and accommodation. While Lev Vygotsky focused on the sociocultural approach to cognitive development. No single principle can account for development and
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parents expect a "return on their investment" from their children; If they do‚ we don’t think of them as very good parents! Although the majority of people practice generativity by having and raising children‚ there are many other ways as well. Erikson considers teaching‚ writing‚ invention‚ the arts and sciences‚ social activism‚ and generally contributing to the welfare of future generations to be generativity as well -- anything‚ in fact‚ that satisfies that old "need to be needed." Stagnation
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George Herbert Mead was a ground-breaking sociologist that coined the phrase "self" and the theory behind it in the early 1900’s. The self can simply be defined as‚ "the part of an individual’s personality composed of self-awareness and self-image." Mead’s primary approach to social behaviorism centered around the idea that one’s self is purely a product of social interaction with others. Sociologists today find Mead’s work important as the self is needed for survival of society and culture. Comparatively
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China and came to Malaya to work in a better environment. The information gathered from Mr. Alan was made into a report based on Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development which contains of 8 stages. Besides using Erikson’s theory‚ this report also includes certain theories from Piaget’s. Each event’s or crisis that Mr. Alan claims to be occurred will be compared and contrasted in this essay report. Stage One: Trust versus Mistrust (Birth to 1 year old) Stage one occurred during the infancy stage
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Vygotsky and Piaget had several similarities and differences on the way they viewed certain developmental concepts. One of the most common was the study of cognitive development. However‚ the way each of them viewed the importance of changing factors is where they varied. While Vygotsky and Piaget both established the significance of social interactions in cognitive development‚ Vygostsky was the one who thought the most accommodating relations were those with peers. He believed that language develops
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Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and Len Vygotsky’s sociocultural perspective have played critical roles in educational psychology. Both of these major frameworks will be analyzed and compared. From these two different standpoints‚ it will be illustated how a particular concept or cognitive skill can be taught. Russian psychologist Len Semenovich Vygotsky
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Erikson and the Wild Strawberries In the Life Cycle Completed by Erik H. Erikson‚ Erikson talks about the stages in life those stages range from infancy to elderly age. The stages are basic trust vs. basic mistrust‚ autonomy vs. shame and doubt‚ initiative vs. guilt‚ industry vs. inferiority‚ identity vs. identity confusion‚ intimacy vs. isolation‚ generatively vs. stagnation‚ and finally integrity vs. despair. In Wild Strawberries the character Isak Borg goes through all the stages that Erikson
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EYT#2 Psy150-OB Piaget: The Preoperational Child I worked with a six year old little girl named Lyla. When I asked Lyla “What holds the sun up in the sky?”‚ she replied‚ “nothing.” When I asked her “Why do trees have leaves?”‚ she replied‚ “I don’t know.” When I asked Lyla “Why does it rain?”‚ she replied‚ “So we can have water‚ duh!”. In the conservation of liquid task‚ I place two clear solo cups on a counter and I filled them equally with fruit punch‚ I had a clear empty vase on
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