Whereas Piaget viewed cognitive development as the result of the child's own exploratory actions, Vygotsky believed that cognitive abilities develop
a. as a result of the child's mental representations rather than physical actions
b. only after children learn to use language to communicate
c. in sociocultural contexts and through social interaction
d. as a result of brain maturation
C
Psychology
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Which of the following milestones of language development first occurs at about one year of age?
a. A baby can tell the difference between environmental noises and actual words. b. A baby points at something he wants. c. A baby can say about 300 words. d. A baby speaks her first word.
Psychology
Approximately 10,000 years ago humans experienced a dramatic change in their social structure because of the advent of ____
a. monogamy b. religion c. new hunter-gatherer tools d. agriculture
Psychology