Piaget And Vygotsky's Theories Of Cognitive Development

Behaviorism is a theory of animal and human learning that only focuses on objectively observable behaviors and discounts mental activities. Theorists define learning as nothing more than the acquisition of new behavior. Theorists identify conditioning as a universal learning process that can be measured.
Cognitivism focuses on the “brain”. How humans process and store information in the process of learning. Is the perspective in change in mental representations and associations brought by experiences.
Behaviorism uses feedback to modify behavior in the desired direction, it focuses on the design of the environment to enhance stimuli on the otherhand Cognitivism focus on the mental activities of the learner , make use of feedback to guide and support and stress over efficient processing strategies. In behaviorist theory the teacher is the one who teaches, plans, presents language items and …show more content…
However, Piaget believes that if the child interacts with the physical world it would be enough for a child to understand. On the other hand in Vygotsky’s theory a child’s development advances under the influence of more advanced people from within the child’s culture. The difference between the two theories of cognitive development is that Vygotsky theory of understanding reflects the upbringing and the culture of the child but Piaget theory is that children construct knowledge through experimentation, he also believes that children achieve by using trial and error and experiments to learn about the world. In the cognitive development theory Piaget believed in the importance of peer collaboration that makes children view things from other perspectives and allows them to discuss ideas with others at the same intellectual level and stage of