HLTC23H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Logical Reasoning, Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget

a) What is the role of studies of other organisms in understanding the organization and development of the nervous system?

b) What is the advantage for a species of developmental, individual variation?

1:Each of your response should reflect important principles of development. It could be one general principle that encompasses in all 3 units or it could a few interrelated principles:

(a) biological basis of development (i.e., theories of epigenesis, developmenta/dynamic systems theory, etc.)

(b) Piagetian constructivis theory

(c) Vygotskian sociocultural or cultural-historical activity theory.