... their common possession. It will be worthwhile to elaborate this interpretation and focus on commonalities in the two theories as well as highlight differences, while looking at how the two theories can be usefully be utilised together. I will then go onto evaluate the factors that provoke further development and make an informed opinion of how cognitive development takes place. Cognition is the process involved in thinking and mental activity, such as attention, memory and problem solving. Piaget has often been characterised as proposing a model of cognitive development that works for the "inside out" and Vygotsky a model that operates from "the outside in". While this view is more of a caricature than a true summary of the two theories, obviously Piaget was more individualist and cognitivist in his understanding of human development while Vygotsky was very much more social and activity focused. Piaget suggests that cognitive development takes place as ...

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