Interaction with Other People Promote Development

Interaction with Other People Promote Development
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By J. E. Ormrod
Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall

Language facilitates cognitive development in a very different way as well: It enables children to exchange ideas with adults and peers. Both Piaget and Vygotsky suggested that social interaction is critical for cognitive development. In Piaget’s view, exchanging ideas with others helps children realize that different individuals see things differently than they themselves do and that their own perspectives are not necessarily completely accurate or logical ones. For example, a 9-year-old may recognize the logical inconsistencies in what she says and does only after someone else points them out. And through discussions with peers or adults about social and political issues, a high school student may modify some initially abstract and idealistic notions about how the world “should” be to reflect the constraints the real world imposes.

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