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Vygostky held that children follow apprenticeship thinking. Their cognition is stimulated by helping older peers, who are more skilled, with at task. This is why it seems almost innate for children to ask "why". They learn from helping and watching those around them. This kind of learning morphs into something else Vygostky believed in called scaffolding. This is when the child is doing the activity and is helped along by the adult. However, the adult or peer lessens the help the longer the child does the activity. This gives the child interaction with their peers while teaching them how to complete a task on their own. It's important for the child to learn how to do things on their own without someone to do it for them. Children also use what Vygotsky would call "private speech." They talk to themselves in their heads or out loud to help work through a decision or a task. This can help them retain memories better and see the task more clearly.