4. Vygotsky

Question 1

What is the role of a social agent? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 1

to actively construct others or their own lives

Question 2

What are the three levels of Vygotsky’s theory? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 2

• Cultural
• Interpersonal
• Individual

Question 3

What is the cultural level of Vygotsky’s theory? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 3

Aids movement from elementary level to high mental functions

Question 4

What is the interpersonal level of Vygotsky’s theory? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 4

Ability emerges through guidance from someone more competent, where the activity is jointly regulated

Question 5

What is the individual level of Vygotsky’s theory? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 5

There is an emphasis on the social stage, where the child understanding is co-constructed by active learning and social agents

Question 6

What does private speech aid? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 6

Self-regulation

Question 7

What is the zone of proximal development? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 7

The gap between what a child can do on their own and what they are capable of when aided with someone competent

Question 8

What happens at the inter-psychological stage of development? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 8

A competent member assists the incompetent member

Question 9

What is scaffolding? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 9

Gradually reduced guidance to support task performance

Question 10

What is contingency in intervention? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 10

Offering less help in a task that a child has already successfully completed before

Question 11

What is peer collaboration? (Vygotsky PCA)

Answer 11

Attempting to learn with a lack of competent knowledge