DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SOCIAL & CULTURAL CONTEXT

DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SOCIAL & CULTURAL CONTEXT

1. SOCIAL INTERACTION DRIVES COG.DEV.

   • ACQUIRES CONCEPTS AND SKILLS FROM INTERACTING.
     • SOME CONCEPTS LEARNED THROUGH OWN UNAIDED PLAY, BUT MOST THROUGH HELP.
   • USE OF LANGUAGE DRIVES COG.DEV.
     • LANGUAGE IS BY-PRODUCT OF COG.DEV.
       • VYGOTSKY BELIEVES LANGUAGE CAUSES COG.DEV, PIAGET BELIEVED LANGUAGE DEVELOPS BECAUSE OF COG.DEV.

2. DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CULTURAL CONTEXT

   • SKILLS ACQUIRED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, NEEDED FOR CULTURE GROWING UP.
     • DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ABILITIES MORE INFLUENCED BY SOCIAL LEARNING THAN BIO PROCESSES
       • PIAGET BELIEVE BIO.
         • UNIVERSAL STAGES
   • VYGOTSKY ASSUMES COG.DEV. VARIES ACROSS CULTURES, PIAGET STATES COG.DEV MOSTLY UNIVERSAL ACROSS CULTURES.

3. SHAFFER: YOUNG GIRL GIVEN FIRST JIGSAW. ALONE SHE PERFORMS POORLY IN SOLVING PUZZLE. FATHER THEN SITS WITH HER, DESCRIBES BASIC STRATEGIES, OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT. CHILD BECOMES MORE COMPETENT, FATHER ALLOWS TO WORK MORE INDEPENDENTLY. THIS TYPE SOCIAL INTERACTION INVOLVING COOPERATIVE OR COLLABORATIVE DIALOGUE PROMOTES COG.DEV.