Challenges to Constructivism: Nativists and Activists

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Development of Representation and Language
The constructivist theory implies action as a mental representation rather than experience. The activist and nativist claim that mental picture is innate, but efforts are affected by the external world. We can observe the challenges to the constructivist account. The major challenge came from neo nativists who had enough evidence that children have greater mental capacity than Piaget stated before. Young children are not only able to differentiate objects but also perform mental manipulation.
Can the Points Raise by Theorist Be Compatible with Constructivism?
Neo nativists and theorists claim that language imposes itself on the infant's mind. The role of the child is to learn symbols in society. The thoughts of an infant become internalized language which is observed when examining beha...