____Age
Characteristic
Infant 0-2 years Affiliation
Early Childhood (2-7 years) Play
Middle Childhood (7-12 years) Learning
Adolescence (12-19 years) Peer
Adulthood Work
Source: Thomas (2008)
III. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PIAGET and VYGOTSKY
According to Dr. Michael Thomas in the work entitled: "Cognitive Language and Development" while Piaget was reliant upon the clinical method of using questions that probed and uncovered the understanding of children, Vygotsky was concerned "with historical and social aspects of human behavior that make human nature unique." (Thomas, 2008) Vygotsky held that a close link existed between the child's language acquisition and thinking development and that "speech carries culture in that it stores the history of social experience and is a 'tool' for thought."(Thomas, 2008) Piaget, on the other hand, "outlined a theory that states that the precursors of thinking and language lie in the elementary actions, perceptions, and imitations of babies." (Thomas, 2008) While Piaget held that...
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