Vygotsky and Luria believed that egocentric or private speech was the precursor to what?

A) Self-regulation
B) Adaptation
C) Accommodation
D) Egocentrism

Private Speech

Verbal communication directed at the self, typical in early childhood, and used for self-guidance and regulation.

Self-Regulation

An individual’s ability to prevent himself or herself from making a dominant, preferred or automatic response in order to perform a nondominant response, such as when a hungry person is served food at a restaurant but waits to eat until everyone at the table has been served.

Precursor

An element, condition, or event that precedes and indicates the approach of something.