Consider Piaget's primary assumptions about cognitive development. How might Vygotsky criticize this theory because of inadequacies in his perspective? Do you agree? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Piaget believed children are active in constructing their reality, and they go through qualitative shifts in cognition as schemes of thought reorganize. Each stage is characterized by the existence of an integrated cognitive structure or structures that guide and constrain an individual’s acquisition and processing of information. He believed progression through stages was universal and occurred in a stable order. Vygotsky would have criticized Piaget's lack of consideration of culture. Cognition is context specific, and thus Piaget's universals would need to be tempered by cultural differences in tools and values.
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