Chapter 9

I found the topic of private speech to be interesting. Private Speech is when person talks to themselves out loud. I find this interesting because when I was a nanny, I watched a 2 year old and 4 year old. Both talked to themselves and even each other to problem solve. The two year old couldn't fully talk yet, but he still "talked" to himself, the four year old was VERY talkative and she would talk constantly to herself. For example, when she was working on a puzzle, she would say things like "then this will go here, oh wait that doesn't fit, how about here, well that doesn't look like the other puzzle pieces around it." I also noticed that she would be surprised when I answered her, like she didn't realize she was talking out loud, almost as if the private speech is more instinctual than a conscience.