Question

A young child is alone in a room, trying to put together a difficult puzzle. the child says out loud, "maybe if you look for the pieces with the flat side first, it will be easier to finish the outside part." this pattern of private speech is most consistent with ______________ view of the function of this kind of speech.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Vygotsky's

According to Vygotsky's view, the primary function of a speech is not for socialization purpose, but for helping us coordinating the train of thought that is produced by our cognitive brain (which cause the child to speaking to his/herself while arranging the puzzle)