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This paper discusses Vygotsky's outlook on the long and short-term memory of infants. It further shows Vygotsky's belief that from the time of birth children learn from their environment. The paper also describes how the family setting affects the child for the rest of his or her life because the actions and cognitive behavior that is learned is supported at each level of development as the child ages.

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"Vygotsky (1987) believed that from the time of birth children learn from their environment. Infants are exposed first to their parents and siblings that teach them actions and gender roles (p. 223). These teachings then affect the child for the rest of his or her life because the actions and cognitive behavior that is learned is supported at each level of development as the child ages. Piaget (1954) concluded that memory was developed in children through learning in stages, which required the..."

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