Five-year-old Michela appears to be talking to herself as she is putting together a tea party with several of her dolls. Describe Vygotsky's take on this behavior (e.g., Is this normal behavior? Is this a helpful behavior? Will this behavior go away?)
What will be an ideal response?
Vygotsky would suggest that Michela's behavior demonstrates private speech, and is entirely normal and developmentally appropriate. In fact, Vygotsky felt that such private speech helps children to learn self-regulation of cognitive skills. It can act to help them make sure to handle all of the required steps in a particular problem. As the child grows, eventually private speech will become inner speech, which was Vygotsky's term for thoughts.
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