Discussion
Which of the following about language development is supported by Piaget ?
Answer: B
Piaget would support the statement that certain language concepts must be taught when the child has reached the appropriate stage of cognitive maturity.
For Piaget, thought comes first and language reflects it: language development depends on cognitive development. So a child can understand a language concept only once the thinking behind it has developed, which is what this statement says.
The first option reverses Piaget's view by making language the cause of cognitive development, a position closer to Vygotsky's. Memorising grammatical rules and treating language learning as habit formation are behaviourist ideas, associated with Skinner, not Piaget.
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