Analysis Of Piaget's Theory Of Cognitive Development
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Piaget 's Theory A quote from Mary Pipher (Mooney, 2013) is one which I believe each and every one of us must attempt to read at least once in our lifetime: “Raising healthy children is a labor-intensive operation. Contrary to the news from the broader culture, most of what children need, money cannot buy. Children need time and space, attention, affection guidance and conversation. They need sheltered places where they can be safe as they learn what they need to know to survive” (Mooney, 2013, p. 5). This is where Piaget, Vygotsky and Montessori come in to illustrate to us, the need for children to express themselves to facilitate growth and development as was intended by nature. While Maria Montessori …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Opines that mary pipher's quote is one that every one of us must read at least once in our lifetime.
- Opines that children need time and space, attention, affection guidance, and conversation.
- Describes how their four-year-old nephew, keyson, is at the preoperational stage of piaget's theory of cognitive development where he forms ideas based on his perception.
- Explains that piaget posits that children form incorrect rationalizations as they use an aspect of one occurrence, person, or item to determine their certainty and knowledge.
- Analyzes how piaget, vygotsky, and montessori illustrate the need for children to express themselves to facilitate growth and development as was intended by nature.
- Explains that preoperational children tend to overgeneralize and are egocentric. they aren't connecting with each other's stories; they are only role models.
I remember quite vividly how he would react at meal times because he thought he was getting less than the other children because of the shapes of the cups. There were three other children at the house within the preoperational stage, but were a little older than he was, so I had bought four cups of different colors and shapes to motivate them to eat and drink, not knowing that there would be a fuss over who gets the most. Each time I fed them, he cried and refused to eat because he thought he was getting less. I tried to explain to him that they were the same quantity, but this was futile; I even re-poured the juices to show him that they were all the same. Piaget says he does not have the ability to conserve. The concept of conservation refers to “the idea that the “amount” of some substance stays the same regardless of its shape or the number of pieces into which it is divided” (Osborne, 2015). Hence, despite the fact that I tried to make him understand that the cups all hold the same amount of juice, he remains perfectly comfortable with his reasoning. But with time (as he grows older) and more experienced he will eventually realize the similarities and differences and change his way of thinking to correspond with the new findings. …show more content…
Often times I could not find Keyson and when I searched he would be in the bathroom cleaning away. He would use anything that remotely resembles the cleaning agents I use, and even though I get mad sometimes I quickly realize he is only role modeling. He wants to clean the toilet bowl and basin just as how I do. Being exposed to Piaget (and Montessori and Vygotsky) have opened my eyes to the awe of children, and can comprehend that they indeed need to be given the opportunity to express themselves and do everything that they are capable of. My observations have led me to realize that children are capable of learning a great deal when they are stimulated by fascinating things and activities coupled with being given the time, attention and guidance needed “children are capable of great concentration when they are surrounded by many interesting things to do and given the time and freedom to do them” (Teaching english to young learners, p. 25). Also, that personal experience and social experience cannot be
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- Educators produce a wide variety of experiences, perceptions, prospects, learning and abilities to their education (DEEWR, 2009, p. 9). In my career and through my studies, my philosophy and pedagogy have been closely linked with the constructivist theory from Piaget. Being able to focus on a child’s interests and creating learning activities that are implemented as fun is a big part of my motivation as an educator and teacher. The educational environment needs to sustain every single child along with inspiring significant work that can result in more advanced thinking (Evanshen and Faulk, 2011, p. 225). Following Piaget’s ideas while implementing the EYLF has made for a simple straight forward way of supplying quality learning experiences for children from birth to 12 years old and it has helped me widen the scope of each experience to allow for multiple levels of developmental stages. Using a constructivist approach to learning allows for the breaking down of the experience as a whole into smaller parts which brings the focus around to the process of learning (Evanshen and Faulk, 2011, p. 667). Overall I believe Piaget’s Theory to be one of the most important influences in modern teaching, allowing scaffolding of learning in a place that that
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- Explains that the early years learning framework allows educators to draw on a wide range of perspectives and theories which gives educators the ability to challenge traditional ways of teaching young children.
- Explains piaget's theory as a preservice teacher, stating that the content of learning must be consistent with the developmental level of the student.
- Opines that traditional teaching isn't keeping up with the changing way of the world. piaget's theories on the 4 stages link together with how we are all individuals.
- Explains how piaget's theory in practice promotes different kinds of learning, such as focusing on cognitive development and problem solving, using pencils and paper to build on fine motor skills, handwriting, and writing about the subject.
- Opines that piaget's theory makes it easier for educators to incorporate every child into the planning and programing for their learning.
1460 wordsRead More - The Explanation of Vygotsky and Piaget’s Theoriesexplanatory essayThere are many assessments of Vygotsky and Jean Piaget's work during their lifetimes and deaths. Many of their theories have gone beyond what I am sure that they had expected for them too. Teachers, researchers and parents dabble in their theories of child development, social development and other theories when going about their lives. Whether it is a job or parenting it is a must to know about these two philosophers and what they believed to be real.
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- Describes donato, mccormick, d., et al. a sociocultural perspective on language learning strategies: the role of mediation.
- Explains kravtsova's work on the cultural-historical foundations of the zone of proximal development.
- Explains that vygotsky's methodological contribution to sociocultural theory is cited in remedial and special education.
- Explains that piaget's theory of cognitive development has changed the field of developmental psychology by asking new questions.
2254 wordsRead More - Piaget Stage Theoryexplanatory essayThroughout Piaget’s studies he focuses on how children develop intellectually as well as perceive the world around them. His ultimate goal was to shed light on young children’s development in which he grouped into stages to help encourage developmentally appropriate activities. Piaget’s wanted to make sure that as educators each child was being taught within their realm of knowledge and environmental appropriate settings. Through his teaching young children are being taught by hands on experiences that includes regulated time of structured teaching, self-selected activities, physical activities and proper rest time.
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- Explains the sensorimotor stage where the baby begins learning through his senses and body control.
- Explains that preoperational stage begins around age two through seven when the child enters pre-school level, begins talking in two word sentences, and is beginning to experience a more complete understanding of object permanence.
- Explains that the concrete operational stage is from age seven till eleven which expends on the pre-operational thinking as well as logic skills.
- Explains that formal operational begins around age eleven and ends around 15 in which the child builds upon logic thinking while developing skills leading to adulthood.
- Explains how they set up the easel, art area, and sand and water area to make it a full self-help and hands-on area.
- Explains that the discovery and art table, the writing area, and the quiet area are filled with books, dry erase boards, markers, paper, pencils and multicultural puppets.
- Describes how they set up the carpet area, the music center, and the dramatic play area.
- Explains piaget's four domains that enhance child growth throughout each stage: pre-conceptual, transductive, syncretic, and animistic.
- Explains that the transductive domain is a child's state of reasoning and how he/she classifies rules and objects. a good activity would be allowing children to be interactive in the rule making.
- Explains that the syncretic domain is how a child groups items together according to shape, size, color, etc. a good center to display these types of activities would be the sand and water table or toys and games.
- Explains how piaget's developmental stage theory shines light on play and how each stage enhances children’s learning outcomes throughout life.
- Explains that piaget's stage theory gives us a foundation of learning to help children reach their full potential in each stage of life.
- Explains how piaget focuses on how children develop intellectually as well as perceive the world around them.
2241 wordsRead More - Jean Piaget And Vygotsky's Theory Of Intellectual Developmentcomparative essayPiaget and Vygotsky each created their own particular ideas of child development. Piaget differentiated development into four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, operational, and concrete. Conversely, Vygotsky based his theory of development on the fundamental ideas that children construct knowledge, learning can prompt development, development cannot be differentia...
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- Explains that educational psychology windows on classrooms, 9th edition, new jersey: pearson education.
- Explains that muthivhi, a., and broom, y. (2009) school as cultural practice: piaget and vygotsky on learning and concept development in post-apartheid south africa.
- Explains stetsenko's perspective on relational ontology and the transformative activist stance on development and learning.
- Compares jean piaget and lev vygotsky, two well-known cognitive psychologists who addressed cognitive development and learning among children and youths.
- Compares how piaget and vygotsky's research has helped the field of education by offering clarifications for cognitive learning styles and capabilities of children.
2028 wordsRead More - Theories Of Piaget And Bruner And Mental Developmentanalytical essaySome may consider his theory to be way too complex, because the terminology he uses is difficult to understand. But his work truly shows his devotion to understanding the forces that shape the child’s development. His theories have greatly impacted the way society views and observes children’s behaviors to their environment. Through his composite and unconventional way of approaching situations, his distinctive clinical method created the field of developmental psychology. Even through his struggle Piaget continued to engage in questions of method, throughout his first era of exploration. His work brought about theoretical concerns and a powerful attention to the logical discussion between adult researchers and children of various ages. Piaget’s method continues to mold development research and theory to this day (Mayer,
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- Explains that jean piaget was a well-known child psychologist and educator in america. his college and university training was in the natural sciences.
- Explains how piaget developed a clinical description technique while studying in binet's clinic in 1919. it involves asking children one by one different questions and recording their response.
- Explains piaget's view that human development is a process of adaption, while cognition is the highest form of adaptation.
- Explains how piaget's theory defines schemas as an activity with neurology or biology underlie that activity. assimilation is the cognitive process in which a person incorporates new perceptual matter or stimulus events into the current pattern of behavior.
- Explains that accommodation is when a new schema or an old schema is modified and the child adapts to the stimulus. assimilation and accommodation evolve the infant's inaccurate schemata into mature schemas.
- Analyzes how piaget's theory focuses mainly on cognitive development. he believes that the intellectual abilities a child inherits at different ages permits certain types of emotional behaviors.
- Explains that the sensorimotor period is when the adolescent learns through their real life experiences. objects exist to the child when they sense and interact with them.
- Explains that cause-and-effect relationships take some time to mature, so an infant may not realize that if you reach for an object you can grab it to bring it closer.
- Explains that the preoperational stage is when the infant's world consists only of his own actions. the child is unable to reverse operations, cannot follow transformations, and their perceptions are self-centered.
- Explains that preconceptual and intuitive thinking are based on ages 2-4, and a child's inability to understand properties of different classes.
- Analyzes how piaget categorized the concrete operational period into three different stages. reversibility is when a child understands that both numbers and objects can be changed, then put back in their original form.
- Analyzes how the preoperational and concrete operations stage of a child's thinking become decentered when all the significant features of different objects are taken into consideration.
- Explains that piaget's theory involves the formal operational stage, which involves ages 11 to adulthood, where the child develops the ability to figure out all classes of problems by using logical actions.
- Opines that jean piaget's theory is something that will take time and patience to understand. his distinctive clinical method created the field of developmental psychology.
- Opines that piaget's theory was a tough one to understand, but he could've put more thought into the final stage, which is formal operation.
2424 wordsRead More - Analysis Of Jean Piaget's Cognitive Theoryopinion essayBeing the second oldest of eight children, there was never a dull moment in our house. Personality differences were common but the love we had for each other was obvious. With this being said, I am the only child out of those eight that has not only graduated high school but I am now working towards my Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education. We were a poor family and education was not on the top of the list of priorities. The first four of us were like stair-steps and seven years later came another set of stair-step children. My closest sister, Evie, was deaf and my mother sent us both to a school for the hearing impaired to ensure someone could communicate with her. I have fond memories of this school and the time Evie and I were able
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- Explains that they are the only child out of the eight that has graduated high school and is now working towards a bachelor degree in elementary education.
- Opines that diversity is one of the biggest hurdles for people to overcome in the twenty-first century. education is not only about reading, writing, and math, but also about life experiences.
- Opines that jean piaget's cognitive theory is a good advice for new teachers. children are born with basic knowledge, yet adults don't always let the child experience the world to learn and attain knowledge.
- Explains that students have multiple intelligences, so there is no perfect way to teach. however, when a teacher takes the time to research and understand them, they can empower their students with the knowledge to overcome diversity in their lives.
- Opines that it is necessary to use everything around us as a learning tool to encourage thinkers, empower doers and enable their growth to reach for the unreachable.
827 wordsRead More - Two Great Men Jean Piaget Analysisopinion essayPiaget believed a child is unable to understand until they progress through with age appropriately. Vygotsky in contrast believed a child could receive assistance or with proper scaffolding could attempt to participate in problem solving. The approach to providing instruction is different as well. Piaget thought the child could discover independently through play and discovery. While Vygotsky stated a child could have learned though guided instruction. This is similar to Accountable Talk, where the teacher can ask assessing and advancing questions to move instruction. Although the students are learning through discovery, they are being guided and pushed by the teacher with quality questioning. In contrast, Piaget believed in productive struggle where the child struggles through as they are attempting to figure out a solution
In this essay, the author
- Explains that jean piaget was born in switzerland in the late 1800s and became a published author at the age of 11 years old. he formalized his research to categorize child development into four stages.
- Explains the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage and concrete operational stage. they learn through pretend play and formulating their own opinion of the world.
- Explains that vygotsky, a russian psychologist born in the 1800s, is considered the founder of social theory. his research supports children's learning through social interactions and cultural influences.
- Explains that piaget and vygotsky's research has been used as the framework in education to explain a child’s learning style and ability.
- Explains that vygotsky is a sound alternative to piaget’s thinking. he believes that children learn through social interactions and can be influenced by their culture.
- Explains that vygotsky believes in scaffolding resources during problem solving to provide a child with additional knowledge. this knowledge and resources gives the child the tools to begin solving the problem.
- Compares piaget and vygotsky's underlying beliefs, stating that both have offered solid, effective contributions to education.
- Opines that both piaget and vgotsky have provided the field of education with quality frameworks on child development.
1099 wordsRead More - Jean Piaget's Theory On The Cognitive Development Stagesanalytical essayOn the contrary, it was often as good as many adult scientists. However, children’s limited life experience meant that they had not assembled and processed enough information about the natural and social world to come to the same conclusions that adults do. But Piaget concludes that children should not be oppressed with more facts at an early age, he believed the opposite. That such oppression would condition children to expect the answers to come from outside themselves, robbing them of their creativity. He also believed that adults must use caution about correcting children’s “mistaken notions.” If done too harshly, or in a patronizing manner, such correcting shames them into intellectual passivity, causing them to abandon their innate urge to figure things out for themselves and to come up with new and creative
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- Explains jean piaget's contributions to the school of psychology, including his theories on the cognitive developmental stages.
- Explains that piaget's ideas were at odds with behaviorism, which dominated north american psychology in the mid-twentieth century.
- Explains that piaget referred to his theory as genetic epistemology, which is defined as the study of the acquisition, modification, and growth of abstract ideas and abilities on the basis of an inherited or biological substrate.
- Analyzes how piaget concludes that children should not be oppressed with more facts at an early age, he believed that adults must use caution about correcting children's "mistaken notions."
- Explains that piaget's view of development was greatly influenced by his early training in biology. the biological concept of adaptation is central to his theory.
- Explains that piaget convinced the field that children are active learners whose minds consist of rich structures of knowledge. his stages have sparked research on children's conceptions of themselves, other people, and human relationships.
744 wordsRead More - Piaget And Vygotsky Compare And Contrastcomparative essayBoth Vygotsky and Piaget were brilliant minds with theories that significantly moved the psychological field of study forward. However, I feel more strongly that Piaget’s theory that has to do with adaptation of already available schemes of an individual is superiorly applied to how I see children
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- Compares piaget and vygotsky, two brilliant people with brilliant theories on how humans developed, but they cannot completely explain human development with their theories alone.
- Explains that jean piaget's theory focuses more on development than learning, and doesn't address learning of information or specific behaviors.
- Explains that lev vygotsky's theories emphasize the essential role of social interaction in the development of cognition.
- Opines that both vygotsky and piaget created their theories at the same time.
- Concludes both theories can be applied to understanding the growth of children and our everyday development, but not necessarily alone. both vygotsky and piaget were brilliant minds with theories that significantly moved the psychological field of study.
723 wordsRead More - Essay On Vygotsky's Theory Of Cognitive Developmentexplanatory essayChildren tend to learn more when they know why what they are learning is important and if that material is presented in an interesting way. Take for example a preschool teacher who needs to teach her class about the different shapes. Instead of just showing her students a poster with the different shapes on it, she has her students get out of their seats and begin exploring the classroom for differently shaped objects. Once they have found some objects, have them share with the class what the object is and what shape it is. This exercise will not only help the other students learn the shape of the object, but it will also help the student who is sharing. Piaget believed that children’s cognitive growth is fostered when they are physically able to experience certain situations. By having students share with the class what shapes their objects are, they are fostering their public speaking
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- Explains the third way that teachers can instruct using constructivist learning is by fostering multiple viewpoints.
- Explains how constructivist learning can be introduced in the classroom by emphasizing the relevance of an assignment or task.
- Opines that educators can encourage students to construct their own learning by inspiring them to become more autonomous learners.
- Explains that piaget and vygotsky had abundant research that supported their ideas about why they believe children learn the way that they do.
- Explains how teachers can use piaget's theory of cognitive development and vygotsky’s concept of the zone of proximal development to teach constructively.
1119 wordsRead More - Piaget And Cognitive Developmentexplanatory essayA program that I would discover for a 6-year old would be counting numbers and identifying objects by placing post-its on the items. This program would help the child remember objects by increasing all types of their speech. These two programs would be different because Vygotsky would believe that the child learning in both programs differ culturally, while Piaget would think that the children’s learning is caused by universal characters. Vygotsky might believe that a child who is learning expeditiously or slowly is due to social factors, while Piaget would disagree. Lastly, Vygotsky might believe that a child could be learning but we may not be aware of this because a child may keep it as internal thoughts rather than Piaget’s view that thoughts form language. The similarity between both programs I have addressed is the idea behind the activity, learning, and involvement of learning children.
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- Explains that vygotsky would believe that the child learning in both programs differ culturally, while piaget would disagree. the similarity between the programs is the idea behind the activity, learning, and involvement of learning children.
- Explains that puberty is a difficult concept to comprehend for young pre-teens.
- Opines that puberty is an emotional rollercoaster for both boys and girls, as it is the largest and fastest growth spurt children will have.
657 wordsRead More - According To Piaget's Theory Of Cognitive Developmentexplanatory essayAccording to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, grade 5 children are at concrete operational stage. They are able to solve hands-on problems in logical fashion, understands laws of conservation and is able to classify and seriate objects, and understands reversibility ( Hockenberry, 2014b). Grade 5 students write reflections in their health education class. They understand there could be more than one answer to each questions. In addition, they know how to group similar objects, how to arrange (seriate) numbers from increasing and decreasing order, and how to calculate multiplications like 2*4=4+4=8, and they can answer the question even when the numbers changed position to 4*2=8. Furthermore, when they discuss about a book, they
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- Explains piaget's theory of cognitive development: grade 5 students are at concrete operational stage, able to solve hands-on problems in logical fashion, understand laws of conservation, classify and seriate objects, and understand reversibility.
- Explains that they will encourage unobtrusive assistance during play, and share their emotion with them. they will also encourage positivity and self-evaluation. according to piaget's theory of moral development, grade 5 children have autonomous morality.
- Explains that they expect immanent justice, and that their interventions for promoting moral development will focus on their perception of rules, established moral codes, moral standards and acquired moral principles.
- Explains that freud's theory of sexuality states that grade 5 students are at the latency stage. they are aware of the difference between opposite sexes, but sexual energy is diverted to socially acceptable activities and learning new skills.
- Explains that according to chess and thomas' theory of temperament, children are divided into three types based on their rhythmicity, activity level, approach-withdrawal, adaptability, sensory threshold, intensity of reaction, quality of mood, distractibility, and attention span & persistence.
1312 wordsRead More - Similarities And Differences Between Piaget And Vygotskyargumentative essayIn regards to child development, Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are both highly regarded and well known for their theories. Some educators view themselves as Piagetian while others view themselves as Vygotskians. They see Piaget and Vygotsky as being vastly different. Then there are others who see similarities between the two and hold both Piaget and Vygotsky as correct in their theories. The purpose of this paper is to examine the similarities and differences between Piaget and Vygotsky and determine what can be gained by better understanding these theories.
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- Explains that jean piaget and lev vygotsky are highly regarded and well-known for their theories of child development. they examine the similarities and differences between the two and determine what can be gained by better understanding these theories.
- Explains that before we can examine the similarities and differences of piaget and vygotsky, we must first have an understanding of their theories.
- Explains that piaget's theory centers all around the individual. according to lourenco (2012), the development is an internal process that happens naturally and occurs without an external cause.
- Explains that vygotsky's theory centers around the social aspect. lourenco (2012) refers to his approach as appealing to a heteronomous individual.
- Explains that understanding piaget and vygotsky's theories on child development helps one understand the basis of current educational practices.
- Compares piaget and vygotsky's theories of learning and development, which are based on the individual constructing their own knowledge.
- Devries (2000) examines similarities between piaget's and vygotsky’s theories. they both see internalization as a transformative process.
- Compares the views of piaget and vygotsky on the nature of the stimulus.
1377 wordsRead More - Piaget Observationexplanatory essayThe student I am observing is going through the preoperational thought stage of Piaget’s cognitive development theory. Throughout this stage children are engaging in symbolic play and also learning to manipulate symbols. In this stage children lack the understanding of conservation and are very egocentric. They lack the understanding that things look different to other people and that objects can change in appearance while still maintaining the same properties. Children's vocabulary is also growing very rapidly they should have an expressive vocabulary of 3,000 to 5,000 words. It’s our job to provide our students with a strong vocabulary but, also build a rapport with our parents to get them interacting more with their children. Studies show
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the student they are observing is going through the preoperational thought stage of piaget's cognitive development theory.
264 wordsRead More - Vygotsky Cognitive Development Essaycomparative essayEven though Piaget didn’t believe in the significance of inputs that could be acquired from the environment, but yet Vygotsky was very confident that children that children where very acknowledgeable of the inputs from their environment around them. Piaget’s cognitive development theory has four stages to it. His first stage was the sensorimotor stages which happens from birth until a child is two years old. This stages infants rely solely on their reflexes like rooting and sucking. Preoperational stage is the 2nd stage and it happen from the age of 2years old up until a child is 7 years of age, and during this stage children feel as if everyone thinks like they do. His 3rd stage is known as the concrete operational stage, that occurs when children are 7-11 years of age and during this stage children will start to feel a lot of improvement in their thinking. Piaget’s last stage was known as the formal operational stage, and at this stage children are able to understand and recognize symbols, and master abstract thinking. Children are also have the ability to solve intricate problems on their own. And even in contrast, Vygotsky assumed that there are no set of phases. And even in contrast Vygotsky thought that there was no set of phrase for children. But he felt that private speech was way more essential to the aid for children when they are thinking about an issue they are having/ going through. Private speech can be internalized sooner or later, but it’s something that never goes away. Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky didn’t think that the development could be detached from social context while children can create knowledge and lead their
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- Explains that language plays a major role in children's life, because some children will dialogue with themselves through imaginative play.
- Explains that jean, piaget, and vygotsky believed that young children are curious and actively involved in their own learning and the discovery and development of new understandings.
- Explains that even though vygotsky and piaget had their differences, they also had a few similarities. they both believed that children are very involved in the learning and development process because they are the ones who give their feed back to the teachers and parents.
- Compares vygotsky and piaget on the cognitive development of children.
- Explains that despite his death at the young age of 37, he made major contributions to the field of psychology, especially in the areas of human development, historical cultural theory, and development of thought and language.
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