Table of Contents
Index

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1. Vygotski’s Sociocultural Theory

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1.1 Course of Development
1.2 Course of Development Characterised by
1.3 Factors Affecting Development
2. Information-Processing Theory

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2.1 Course of Development
2.2 Course of Development Characterised by
2.3 Factors Affecting Development
3. Memory Strategies

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3.1 Attention
3.3.1 Selective attention
3.3.2 Sustained attention
3.3.3 Adaptive attention
4. Strategies for storing memory
4.1 Rehearsal, Organisation, Elaboration
4.2 Elaboration
5. Types of memory

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5.1 Autobiography memory
5.2 Episodic memory
5.3 Semantic memory
5.4 Eyewitness memory
6. Metacognitive memory

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6.1 Knowledge of Cognitive Capabilities
6.2 Knowledge of Strategies
7. Cognitive Self-Regulation

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Bibliography

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The Course of
Development in Children

1) Vygotsky noted that learning takes place on a continuous basis as they learn from the more knowledgable adults of a culture within a society.
Adults play a vital role in a childs development. 2) Children acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that in return, constitutes the culture.
3) Vygotsky’s theory that children undergo certain stagewise changes such as language and then be able to engage in meaning dialogue with people. Language is the cornerstone of communication.

VYGOTSKI’S SOCIOCULTURAL
THEORY

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2)

The Course of
Development
are
Characterised
by:

Vygotsky’s theory stated that a child’s development is learnt by knowledgable adults in culture which is determined by the environment in which they live. This might be attributed to what is important within a culture such as Zinacanteco Indians of southern mexico that is taught complex weaving techniques or in the African culture dancing might be transferred to the next generation. Every culture has