Compare And Contrast Piaget And Vygotsky

There are two theories of cognitive development, one discovered by Jean Piaget and the other by Lev Vygotsky. However, Vygotsky had more of a significance on social interactions in children's cognitive development, than Piaget, and their specific r theories were informed by their own cultural influences.
Cognitive development theory describes how humans acquire and make sense of themselves and their planet. The theory of cognitive development was first proposed by Jean Piaget. Piaget approached the subject from a biological and life perspective, while Vygotsky took on the subject from an environmental and cultural perspective. Piaget's theory looked at intelligence and how it changes as children get older. While, Vygotsky's theory looked at the social action and he describes intelligence as the capacity to learn from teaching. Piaget's theory is about child
The second stage is Pre-operational stage this is where the infant begins to use symbols to classify objects. The third stage was Concrete Operations stage which is when the child is capable of performing logical operations, but only in the presence of actual objects. The last stage was Formal Operations stage this is when the individual is capable of hypothetical reasoning and their ability of thinking is similar to an adults.
Lev Vygotsky was more interested in the relationship between being taught by adults and the child cognitive development. He made his theories at around the same time as Piaget. His theory was known as the social development theory. Vygotsky and Piaget do both believe that knowledge is constructed as a result of the child's active interaction with the environment. The difference is Vygotsky believed that cognitive learning was a social event. He felt like through language and interaction with other children and adults, children would begin to learn about their