Vygotsky argued that complex mental operations exist first in the social world and are then internalized. He described this as movement from the __________ to the __________.

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Vygotsky argued that complex mental operations exist first in the social world and are then internalized. He described this as movement from the __________ to the __________.

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Vygotsky's theory of sociocultural development posits that complex mental operations begin in the intermental, or social, world and are later internalized by the individual in the intramental, or individual, world. This process is known as the "zone of proximal development."

Vygotsky Argued That Complex Mental Operations Exist First in the Social