Lev Kuleshov

Most of us have fond memories of playing when we were young, including using our imagination to create worlds. Imaginative play, or pretend play, has been described as transforming the present moment in which a child exists (Garvey & Berndt, 1975). It usually involves maneuvering one’s perception of reality creating a pretend world within the mind of the child pretending (Garvey & Berndt, 1975). Though the purpose of imaginative or pretend play is not completely clear evidence suggests that…

According to Bernstein, social status is the substratum of the linguistic process; this is produced by the social environment which becomes the psychological reality and shapes the kind of speech one produces. Thus, the language produced will show some preferences, which are stabilized through time and “eventually come to play an important role in the regulation of intellectual, social and affective orientation” (1971, p.98). Consequently, children who grew up in different social environments…

As a little girl, I always found myself pondering who I was, and what made me this way. At the time I didn't give thought to culture or race, I thought more of why my thought process was this certain way and wondered why every person must have their own different voice in their head. As I got older and began to grow through new knowledge and experiences, I then understood that we simply do not have this magical thought process that just suddenly appears. I realized that the way we think, the way…

Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist, best knows for his social developmental theory that was first introduced around the 1920’s/ 30’s, around the same time that Jean Piaget was establishing his theory. His theory played a big role unrevealing the importance of social and cultural influences on children development. Unfortunately, Vygotsky died in 1934 at age 38, so he was not able to thoroughly complete his theory although he was able to lay the groundwork for it. Vygotsky was a…

From my experience working in the field, I have worked with many people with different backgrounds and psychological problems. Many of the commons psychological problems that I tend to see the most among the youth that I work with are, substance abuse disorders, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and anger disorders. Substance abuse disorder is a disorder that I have experienced the most with ones that are closest to me as well as in my professional life. As a bystander, I feel…

Vygotsky Zone of Proximal development has not only played a important role in children but also adults. The Zone of Proxima devlopment illustrates how scaffolding plays a huge impact in a Childs learning, as they grow up. Without the proper assistance when they are young, they will be unable to do things on their also known as indepence. There are pros and cons to the ZPD. The con to the ZPD is when a child is provided with too much assistance, it can cause them to develop what we call “needy or…

Chapter six served as an explanation for two developmental theorists that focused on how children learn. Classic theorists Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky believed in the idea that children actively absorb knowledge, also known as constructivism. Today many researchers use Piaget and Vyvotsky’s theories as groundwork for their own research on how children make sense of their world. The chapter was divided into Piaget’s research and Vyvotsky and a comparison of the two. After each section, tips were…

Introduction Learning starts long before students come to a school or any formal institution of instruction, and remains continue even long after school finishes, in a variety of different ways and context (Churchill, 2013). Pritchard (2013) defines learning as “the individual process of constructing understanding based on experience from a wide range of sources” (p.1).Learning in a formal classroom environment occurs through conscious information processing and focused mental and social…

Early Childhood Education Makes a Difference in the Academic Success of At-Risk Children It is essential for our society to recognize the importance of early childhood education and how it affects a person’s life. Early childhood education is not “babysitting,” it is a powerful tool needed to guarantee a child’s academic success. The development acquired during a child’s preschool years set a foundation for their future. At-risk children are in jeopardy of achieving such great success due to…

notably by Lev Vygotsky. In 1990, he theorised that the imagination serves as the crucial aspect of all human creative activity and that imagination is a function that is essential to life. He denotes that this creative behaviour “makes the human being a creature-oriented toward the future, creating the future and thus altering his own present”(Vygotsky, 1990). Imagination and creativity in play have been linked in many studies over time, for example in 1999 Russ et al. set out to investigate…