Think about a child you have had contact with (either your own, a relative or friend, or a child in a TV show or other media) and write a 2-3 page paper in which you summarize the strengths and weaknesses of Piaget's stages of cognitive development and Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development using the child of your choice to explain 3-5 aspects of Piaget and Vygotsky's theories. Be sure to also use those examples to describe how cognitive and sociocultural development support language development.

In your paper you should"

• Identify the basic characteristics of the child you chose for your analysis.
• The strengths and weaknesses of Piaget's theory. Using the child you chose, offer specific examples of how Piaget's theory fits and maybe doesn't quite fit.
• Then do the same with Vgotsky's theory
• Which theory was a best fit in your child development analysis? Why? If both fit in different ways, explain how.