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Human Development · Chapter 2

Piaget vs. Vygotsky

Two giants explained how children come to think — but they disagreed on how. Piaget saw a lone explorer climbing through fixed cognitive stages; Vygotsky saw a social learner lifted through a zone of proximal development by others. Switch between them below and tap to explore each.

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Piaget vs. Vygotskychoose a lens, then tap to explore