Question

Which developmental psychologist believed that the nature of the partnership of children, adults, and peers is determined through cultural and societal factors such as preschools, play groups, the emphasis on certain tasks that are valued by the culture and society, and that even the toys that children play with reflect the nature of the society in which the child lives?
a. Piaget
b. Lev Vygotsky
c. Watson
d. Skinner

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is the B letter

Lev Vigotsky was born in Russia, 1896-1934 and stated or argued that children develop their learning through social interaction: they acquire new and better cognitive skills as a logical process of their immersion in a way of life.

Explanation:

As far as the other A, C and D options are concerned do not aply becuase:

• Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland 1896-1980. Considered the father of evolutionary psychology because he was the first person to study human psychological development in detail throughout life.

• John B, Watson was born in USA 1878-1958. Psychology only made sense through observable and measurable behavior, and so his experiments were conducted in the laboratory, where he could manipulate the environment and control the behavior of his subjects.

• Burrhus F. Skinner was born in USA 1904-1990. He led a pioneering work in experimental psychology and defended behaviorism, which considers behavior as a function of environmental reinforcement stories.