Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky
A) emphasized children's capacity to shape their own development.
B) viewed cognitive development as a socially mediated process.
C) believed that children undergo certain stagewise changes.
D) focused on discontinuous change.

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While Piaget believed that cognitive development is largely the result of an individual's interaction with their environment, Vygotsky emphasized the crucial role of social interaction and culture in cognitive development. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, much of cognitive development occurs through social interaction with more knowledgeable others, which allows children to construct understanding through collaboration and co-construction of knowledge with others.