L33 Psych 321 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Approximate Number System, Semantic Memory, Almost Surely
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Cognitive development is inseparable from social and cultural contexts. Cognitive growth results from children(cid:495)s involvement in structural activities with others who are more skilled apprenticeship. Zone of proximal development: difference between what the child can accomplish alone v. what a child can accomplish with assistance. Fernyhough and fradley (2005) private speech and the tol. Method: 2 sessions of 4 tol (tower or hanoi) problems (ascending order): 2-, 3-, 4- and 5 move problems (speaking encouraged) each trial shows. Results: in line w vgotsky: private speech was correlated with task difficulty. Unlike vgotsky: private did not shift towards more self-reg talk self-reg talk is supposed to help u w the task, private speech does not necessarily. *knowledge is not always tied to your age. Method: free-emission paradigm > 7 min. name all animals that they could think of, all furniture they could think of. Adults and children show typicality effect (name more common before less common).
