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Child Psychology 1/c/e
Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition
E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky

Internet Exercises



1

Francesca is surveying Time magazine's list of top 100 people of the 20th century. She notices that Jean Piaget made the list. Why?


 
2

Theo has to write a comparison and contrast paper for his English Composition course. His professor has encouraged the class to write about something they are studying in another university course. Theo thinks comparing Vygotsky's and Piaget's theories of cognitive development would be interesting. Would a paper on how these theorists believed culture to influence cognitive development be a good choice?


 
3

Ellen is majoring in interdisciplinary studies, where she has chosen to take a course on handwriting analysis. As one assignment, she has been asked to study the handwriting of any famous thinker and relate his/her handwriting to his/her intellectual accomplishments and personality. Because of her interest in children's development, Ellen has chosen to study Jean Piaget.


 




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