Vygotsky compares a 4-5 year old child to W. Köhler’s apes:

bulletVygotsky compares a 4-5 year old child to W. Köhler’s apes:
bulletape can use tool to get bait if both appear in visual field together.
bulletchild uses words to plan the use of a tool to achieve goal of getting a target. This use of words can tie together tool & target -- create future goals & sense of time. Self-monitoring.

nature

ape

tool

truly human cognition

young child

others

self

nature

others

self

nature

others

self

symbol

tool

symbol

plan, time, monitor, subgoals

unmediated

mediated cognition

dialectical mediation

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