IPT 301 Daren and Laila Cognitive Development Disscussion

Daren Parker & Laila Samhouri discussion.

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While talking about Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories, we found that there were parts of both theories that we really liked. When we talked about Piaget’s theory, we felt that his theory had a very good foundation on cognition that showed that some development had to come first before learning occurs. After this learning occurs, we then feel that Vygotsky’s theory builds off this foundation Piaget’s theory set. We then felt that as children continue to grow older Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theory then start to intertwine and are in a way both being used to help a student learn and develop as they grow.

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When it comes to language development, we were both more in agreement with Piaget’s theory on language development. He believes that language was a necessary but not a primary role in logical thinking. We agree with this because an infant has no language ability but is still processing information. Likewise, a deaf child, prior to being able to read, has no interactions with audio or written language, but can still classify and organize information through thinking. But we also agree with Vygotsky that once language is achieved, it does help to strengthen cognition and inner speech.