The Essential Vygotsky

Abstract

Introduction: A Dialogue with Vygotsky Section I: Problems of General Psychology: Thinking and Speech Section introduction Chapter 1: The Problem and the Method of Investigation Chapter 2: The Genetic Roots of Thinking and Speech Chapter 3: Thought and Word Chapter 4: Perception and Its Development in Childhood Chapter 5: Emotions and Their Development in Childhood References and Notes to Section I Section II: The Fundamentals of Defectology (Abnormal Psychology and Learning Disabilities) Section Introduction Chapter 6: Introduction: The Fundamental Problems of Defectology Chapter 7: The Difficult Child Chapter 8: The Dynamics of Child Character Chapter 9: The Collective as a Factor in the Development of the Abnormal Child Section III: Problems of the Theory and History of Psychology: Crisis in Psychology Section Introduction Chapter 10: The Historical Meaning of the Crisis in Psychology: A Methodological Investigation Sevtion IV: The History of the Development of High Term Mental Functions: Exegesis of Vygotsky's Text Section Introduction Chapter 11: The Structure of Higher Mental Functions Chapter 12: Mastering Attention Section V: Child Psychology: Vygotsky's Conception of Psychological Development Section Introduction Chapter 13: Development of Thinking and Formation of Concepts in the Adolescent Chapter 14: Dynamics of Structure of the Adolescent's Personality Chapter 15: The Crisis at Age Seven Section VI: Scientific Legacy:Tool and Sign in the Development of the Child Section Introduction Chapter 16: The Problem of Practical Intellect in the Psychology of Animals and the Psychology of the Child Chapter 17: The Function of Signs in the Development of Higher Mental Processes Chapter 18: Sign Operations and Organization of Mental Processes Chapter 19: Analysis of Sign Operations of the Child Bibliography of Works about Vygotsky Index