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PD: Vygotsky
vygotsky zone of proximal development
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Psychology
Graduate
10/16/2012

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zone of proximal development
Definition
There are things that a child is able to learn on their own, child is able to learn with the help of a more experience peer or adult, and things a child is not able to learn yet, due to development (not cognitively or physical able yet).
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scaffolding
Definition
the tutor changes the amount of support required based on the child’s needs
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Vygotsky's social learning- what drives development
Definition
learn through collaborative dialogues from more knowledgeable members of society. The individual is not the primary method of development, but the interactions and culture. The social environment shapes a child’s cognitive development in the individual and population
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Vygotsky's version of formal operations
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none- culture deems important and necessary for that individual, so some cultures do not need formal operations- ultimate goal is to interact with others in the population
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tools of intellectual adaptation
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mental tools or methods of thinking and problem solving- given by culture, teaches what to think, not individual generated
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importance of language for social learning theory
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foundations of higher cognitive processes, allows child to learn from others, private speech- helps guide behavior, especially with more difficult or when there are likely to be more errors, confusion. gradually becomes more silent, used longer by kids with learning problems
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transfer of responsibility in social learning theory
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tutor helps child while in the zone of proximal development through scaffolding, eventually child can do the task on his/ her own (with increasing physical and cognitive development), so that task becomes what child can do on their own without tutor
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is child passive in social learning theory
Definition
yes, still passive- accepts information from tutor, learns from others
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