Vogotsky

Question 1

Who is Vygotsky?

Answer 1

Was a russian psychologist, his work was not published in England untill after his death

Question 2

What was a diffrence btwee Piaget and Vygotsky?

Answer 2

Piaget saw the child as a scientist whereas Vygotsky saw the child as an apprentice.

Question 3

What were the two main influences of a childs development that vygotsky focused on?

Answer 3

Social interaction and language.

Question 4

What were similarities between Piaget and Vygotsky?

Answer 4

They both saw children as curious problem soving beings who play an active part in their own developmet

Question 5

Finger pointing evidence from Vygotsky

Answer 5

Initally this behaviour begins as a meaningless gesture however as peple react to the gesture it becomes a movment that has meaning. In particular the pointing gesture represents an interpersonal connection between individuals.

Question 6

What is the first stage of speech developmet according to Vygotsky?

Answer 6

Social speech

Question 7

What is social speech?

Answer 7

In this stage a child uses speech to control the behaviour of others. A child uses speech to express simple thoughts and emotions. EG- ‘I want milk’

Question 8

What is the second stage of Vygotskys speech development theory?

Answer 8

Egocetric speech

Question 9

What is Egocntric speech?

Answer 9

Found in three to seven year olds. Children often tal to themselves regardless of someone listening to them.They may speak about what they are doing as they doing it.

Question 10

What is the third stage of Vygotsky’s stages of speech development?

Answer 10

Inner speech

Question 11

What is Inner speech in regards ro Vygotskys stages of speech development?

Answer 11

This is the final stage of speech development. used by adults and older children .This type of speech allows us to direct our thinking and behaviour and are able to engage in all forms of higher mmental function.

Question 12

What is the Zone of Proximal development (ZPD).

Answer 12

The gap between what a child can do unaided and what a child can do with help. EG- this is the diffrence between thier current ability and their potential ability.

Question 13

What is a more knowladgable other?

Answer 13

Anyone with a greater understanding of the task or concept that the child is trying to complete or learn.

Question 14

What is scaffolding?

Answer 14

The breaing down of infomation or parts of a new skill into pieces that are digestable to the learner.

Question 15

What did Wertsch find? (evidence for ZPD)

Answer 15

He found that the amount of time chilldren under the age of 5 spent looking at their mothers when assembling jigsaws decreasd with age.

Question 16

What did Roazzi and Bryant find in 1998. (evidence for ZPD)

Answer 16

Fond that 4-5 year olds who worked alone to estimate the nmber of sweets in a box failed to give a good estimate , whereas those who worked with a MKO were more sucessful in mastering the task.

Question 17

What did Conner andd Cross find. (evidence for the role of scaffolding)

Answer 17

used a longitudinal procedure to allow 45 infants and their mothers compleatinga task aged 16 , 26 ,44 and 54 months and found changes in the help given over time. Mothers used gradually less direct intervention and increased their use of hints and prompts as the children gained experience.