Differences+from+other+cognitive+development+theories

A difference between Vygotsky and Piaget is that Vygotsky believed that language comes first whereas Piaget believed that thoughts came first. Vygotsky believed that language is the foundation of all higher order processes.

Cognitive development is seen as a continuous process

commitment to rigorous research methods

provides accounts of how children of different ages engage in many aspects of thinking

Information processing is continuous, where as Piaget is discontinuous and Vygotsky is both.

Information processing has one course of development, unlike Vygotsky who has many.

Piaget believed that cognitive development occur in similar ways and around the same time or in stages. He thought that children couldn't carry out many activities inside their heads and by the end of toddler hood the children can solve everyday problems and represent experiences in speech and play. The information processing theory also believed that children are active inquiring beings however they think that instead of a single unified theory, there are many aspects of thinking (attention, problem solving). The information processing theory don't like the general concepts of thinking, they want to know exactly how people of different ages react when faced with a task. Vygotsky's Social Cultural Theory thinks that a rich cultural environment can affect the way that a child's cognitive world is structured. Vygotsky thinks that children learn from older peers and family members and the older members can help them master activities. In the end, Piaget believes in the steps approach to understanding children's cognitive development. Information Processing theory thinks that there is many reasons why children develop cognitive processing and they like to look at different age groups to find how people process tasks. Vygotsky believes that it is the child's environment and peers that help them in cognitive development.

Information Process is different to Piaget because he believe that the body is adapted to fit with the environment, so structures of mind develop to fit with or represent the external world. He believe children moves through four stages.

Information process is different to Vygotsky because he believe children acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community's culture through cooperative dialogues with more knowledge able members of their society.

Piaget liked to focus on basic cognitive processes like the basic motor skills, perceptual skills, attention skills, memory capacity and childrens' problem-solving skills, whereas Vygotsky focused on the verbalization of cognitive development.