Mind in Society The Development of Higher Psychological Processes

Name: Mind in Society The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
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ISBN: 9780674576292

ISBN-10: 0674576292

ISBN-13: 9780674576292

Edition: 1978

Authors: L. S. Vygotsky, Michael Cole, Vera John-Steiner, Sylvia Scribner, Ellen Souberman

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The great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But somewhat ironically, his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. Mind in Society should correct much of this misunderstanding. Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky's important essays, most of which have previously been unavailable in English. The Vygotsky who emerges from these pages can no longer be glibly included among the neobehaviorists. In these essays he outlines a dialectical-materialist theory of cognitive development that anticipates much recent work in American…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 1978
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/15/1980
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 174
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Introduction



Note on L. S. Vygotsky Basic Theory and Data



Tool and Symbol in Child Development



The Development of Perception and Attention



Mastery of Memory and Thinking



Internalization of Higher Psychological Functions



Problems of Method Educational Implications



Interaction between Learning and Development



The Role of Play in Development



The Prehistory of Written Language


Afterword Vera John-Steiner and Ellen Souberman


Notes Vygotsky's Works


Index