Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory Study Guide

Chapter one of the textbook talks about many theories that theorists have come up about children. There are six recent theoretical perspectives that show how children are active contributors to their own development. The first one that was talked about is the information processing theory. This theory explains development as the information is gathered from the senses and that becomes the input and it then becomes a behavioral response, which is the output and the output is where the information is coded. Therefore, if a child has more personal experiences they may develop more and that are how the older child in the book got the bridge built faster is because they may have had more experience and understood faster that it had to go that way

The sensitive period is important because it is the part of your life your brain is really supposed to grow and strengthen. Without this period, a child may not learn their values and stuff along those lines as well. During the critical period a child will learn adaptive behaviors and how to act, which is also important. Theorist shave started to look at children’s families and relationships they have in their environment, which can certainly affect a child and their development. Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory is the theory that says learning is all based on your social aspect of life and he also looks at the different cultures and their societies. Vygotsky’s theory explains that depending on your culture and how you are growing up in that culture, you may develop differently than others of a different culture. He also talks about the social interactions that children have and how they can affect their development. If a child learns language and can converse, they potentially will have better problem solving skills than others. For example, if a child needs help doing something that they can physically do but need assistance, they can get assistance from the parent to help