Human Growth and Development / Unit 18 HGD 2565 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Private Speech and Thought
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The idea
Vygotsky saw private speech, talking to oneself through a hard task, as evidence that language guides cognition, entry 0033.
In practice
A five-year-old narrating her puzzle moves under her breath.
Where people slip
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis holds that language shapes thought; its strong form, that language determines thought, is probably wrong, entry 0640.
Your place on the trail
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