PSYC 201, Life Span Development NAME: _________________________
INSTRUCTOR: Jackson
Chapter 4 Activity: Piaget and Vygotsky
Use your knowledge about constructivist theories of development to identify the theorist
and the feature of the theory that is being referred to in each of the following scenarios.
This assignment is worth 10 points.
SCENARIO #1: Four year old Julie Taylor enjoys taking rides with her mother to
the grocery and for other errands. Her mother owns a yellow station wagon. Every time
they pass another yellow station wagon, Julie says, “Look, there’s Mommy’s car!!”
One Saturday afternoon, Julie and her mother are out running errands again, and
Julie spots a group of people getting in and out of a taxi cab at a corner. She suddenly
realizes that this cannot be her mother’s car.
Theorist: ____________________ Feature of theory referred to: _________________
SCENARIO #2: Seven month old Dennis Bieker has a lot of energy. He enjoys rolling
around on the floor and playing with strange new toys. One particularly attractive new
toy is a wooden spoon that his father took from the kitchen to add to Dennis’s collection
of toys. Dennis’s mother spots him playing with the spoon and distracts him for a
moment to retrieve the spoon so that she can use it to make cookies. When Dennis looks
back to the spot in which he last saw the spoon, he anxiously searches for the spoon.
Theorist: ____________________ Feature of theory referred to: _________________
SCENARIO #3: Stacy Quesnell, a 5th grader at Ried Elementary School, has been
having a bit of trouble with her math problems. This week, her class is beginning to
learn
about division and multiplication. One of her friends suggests to Stacy that she say the
steps of completing the equation to herself before she writes the answer. The next day,
INSTRUCTOR: Jackson
Chapter 4 Activity: Piaget and Vygotsky
Use your knowledge about constructivist theories of development to identify the theorist
and the feature of the theory that is being referred to in each of the following scenarios.
This assignment is worth 10 points.
SCENARIO #1: Four year old Julie Taylor enjoys taking rides with her mother to
the grocery and for other errands. Her mother owns a yellow station wagon. Every time
they pass another yellow station wagon, Julie says, “Look, there’s Mommy’s car!!”
One Saturday afternoon, Julie and her mother are out running errands again, and
Julie spots a group of people getting in and out of a taxi cab at a corner. She suddenly
realizes that this cannot be her mother’s car.
Theorist: ____________________ Feature of theory referred to: _________________
SCENARIO #2: Seven month old Dennis Bieker has a lot of energy. He enjoys rolling
around on the floor and playing with strange new toys. One particularly attractive new
toy is a wooden spoon that his father took from the kitchen to add to Dennis’s collection
of toys. Dennis’s mother spots him playing with the spoon and distracts him for a
moment to retrieve the spoon so that she can use it to make cookies. When Dennis looks
back to the spot in which he last saw the spoon, he anxiously searches for the spoon.
Theorist: ____________________ Feature of theory referred to: _________________
SCENARIO #3: Stacy Quesnell, a 5th grader at Ried Elementary School, has been
having a bit of trouble with her math problems. This week, her class is beginning to
learn
about division and multiplication. One of her friends suggests to Stacy that she say the
steps of completing the equation to herself before she writes the answer. The next day,
