PSYC 4010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lev Vygotsky, Active Child, Personal Unconscious
15 Apr 2013
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Developing cognitively through questions about every new thing; language-driven nature; social stimuli, need to resolve conflict and imbalance; 2) communication and socialization; 3) culture internal and external reading and writing; need to resolve conflict. Path of change form: qualitative, stages, distinct, universal. Principle of change egocentric speech, language development thoughts vs. speech, zone of proximal development, socially shared cognition, peer tutoring, self-talk/self-explanations (self- instructions), stages of conceptual development. Role of environment secondary (active person) culture. Source: drive to self-actualize, strive for constant betterment, personal growth, need to eat, need for shelter. Path of change stages, universal (progress and regress non-directional), qualitative. Principle of change self-actualization, hierarchy of needs, fulfillment. Role of environment secondary (earlier years: primary shelter, food, etc. subjective reality becomes more important interactions with others. Higher order mental functions developed from lower-order ones. Reaching to the potential of zone of proximal development. Being able to provide sensitive scaffolding (ability to detect misunderstandings by their tutees)
