Tony, who is 3, often talks to himself while playing with his toys. Vygotsky called this

A) private speech.
B) social speech.
C) internalization.
D) conservation.


A) private speech. Private speech is speech that children say aloud to themselves. It is later internalized to form inner speech and mental activity.

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