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Four-year-old jackie often mutters to herself as she builds things with her blocks. her utterances (e.g., "the blue one goes first") seem to be a running dialogue of her actions that are guiding her behavior. vygotsky referred to this activity as _____ speech.

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Answer: Private Speech

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What is a private speech?

Vygotsky says that there are three types of speech social speech (where the child interact with everyone) and private speech(speaking to oneself outwardly; not silently) internal silent speech (speaking to oneself inwardly) ,

He defines private speech as the one that starts at age of three in which the child speaks to self and it plays a role in intellectual development.

Developing and understanding internal speech is crucial for cognitive development. Private speech are you thought spoken into words .

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