Summarise two different psychological approaches to identity. How has each been used to further our understanding of this concept? Identity comprises individual and social elements‚ with most theories stemming from the notion that ‘knowing who we are requires that we know who we are not‚’ adhering to simultaneous influences on the body through social/psychological as well as physical/biological means; a common theme of ‘embodiment’. Psychosocial theory‚ defined as an interaction of the biological
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4.1 Explain how own working practice can affect children and young people’s development. [pic] Parent Involvement The parents/carers know the children best it may be there is a problem or it may be that a child learns something at home that is relevant to their development for example tying their shoes‚ riding their bike or writing their name. In the environment where I work the parents are welcomed into the classroom for the first 15 minutes of the day to complete activities set out
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How to Compare & Contrast the Theories of Piaget and Vygotsky Jean Piaget was a Swiss developmental psychologist famous for his theories of child development‚ particularly his theory of cognitive development. He proposed a stage theory of development‚ which linked the interaction between cognitive and biological development in children. Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who was most famous for his theory of sociocultural development and believed that development occurs primarily
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students at this international school come from all over the world they all grew up very differently. This different way of evolving from such a young age can affect the daily lives of each individual especially in school. The education theories of Vygotsky‚ Bandura‚ and the pygmalion effect can be directly related to the variety of different cultures and surroundings of the students and their learning processes. Vygotsky’s ideas of social learning
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Theories of Cognitive Development: An insight to the theories of Piaget‚ Information-processing and Vygotsky How do we learn? How do we grow? Over the years‚ psychologists have studied to great lengths the processes that humans go through as they progress from infancy to adulthood. Several theories have emerged over time with three prominent ones. Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky produced two important and distinct theories. Another important theory‚ the information-processing theory‚ presents
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While both Piaget and Vygotsky were similar in their views in certain ways. Most commonly shared were their views as constructivists (the idea of learning by doing) and believed that social forces set the limits of development. The most obvious difference is their view of cognitive development. Where Piaget felt that cognition develops in four discreet stages that are limited‚ Vygotsky believed the opposite‚ that there are no stages and development is continuous. Where there are a few areas that
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Vygotsky’s notion in his social interactionist theory is that children are born with the predisposition to communicate and that language is acquired through a social context and that there are critical times when adult intervention can assist higher levels of learning‚ also known as the zone of proximal development (ZPD) (Swinburne learning material‚ week 3) a child who is born should have basic physical of five senses abilities(Andrew James‚ MBChB‚ MBI‚ FRACP‚ FRCPC‚ 2009) and continue to develop
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Diana C. Worley April 10‚ 2011 EDU 215 Educational Foundations and Framework Chip Hellman John Piaget and Lev Vygotsky Reflection Analysis Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky‚ both‚ were “very influential and significant contributors to the scientific approach to the cognitive development processes of the child” (Flanagan‚ 1996 p.72). Cognitive development is an active construction process‚ created by each child according to their experiences (Crain‚ 1980). Cognition is the process that is engrossed
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Social Development Theory argues that social interaction precedes development; consciousness and cognition are the end product of socialization and social behavior. Vygotsky focused on the connections between people and the sociocultural context in which they act and interact in shared experiences (Crawford‚ 1996). According to Vygotsky‚ humans use tools that develop from a
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References: erger‚ K. (2005). The Developing Person. Through the Life Span. (6th ed.). New York: Worth Publishers. Berk‚ L. E. & Winsler‚ A. (1995). Scaffolding children ’s learning : Vygotsky and early childhood education. Washington‚ DC : National Association for the Education of Young Children. Boyd‚ D. & Bee‚ H. (2006). Lifespan Development (4th Ed.). NY: Allyn and Bacon. Dahlberg‚ G.‚ Moss‚ P.‚ & Pence‚ A. (1999)
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