Lev Vygotsky's view of cognitive development is very different from Piaget's view of cognitive development in that Vygotsky's emphasizes ____
a. the child's interactions with the physical environment
b. genetic inheritance from one's parents
c. cognitive development as both a social and cultural process
d. neural plasticity
C. Vygotsky's theory is often referred to as a sociocultural theory, because in his view cognitive development is always both a social and a cultural process.
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