Seven-year-old Mannie avoided walking carelessly across a street with heavy traffic by telling himself to "stop,look,and listen before crossing." The value of his verbal self-warning for controlling his own behavior was most clearly emphasized by
A)Erik Erikson.
B)Jean Piaget.
C)Lev Vygotsky.
D)Lawrence Kohlberg.

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Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasizes the importance of language and social interactions in shaping cognitive development. Mannie's self-warning is an internalized form of social interaction that he has learned from his environment, which demonstrates the application of Vygotsky's theory. The other theorists listed do not specifically focus on the influence of language and social interactions on cognitive development.

Seven-Year-Old Mannie Avoided Walking Carelessly Across a Street with Heavy