How does the significance of private speech differ for Jean Piaget and Levy Vygotsky?
What will be an ideal response?
In Lev Vygotsky's view, language plays an important role in a child's development. According to Vygotsky, children use speech not only for social communication, but also to help them solve tasks. Vygotsky further argued that young children use language to plan, guide, and monitor their behavior. This use of language for self-regulation is called private speech. For example, young children talk aloud to themselves about such things as their toys and the tasks they are trying to complete. Thus, when working on a puzzle, a child might say, "This piece doesn't fit; maybe I'll try that one." A few minutes later she utters, "This is hard." For Piaget, private speech is egocentric and immature, but for Vygotsky it is an important tool of thought during the early childhood years.
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What will be an ideal response?
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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