TY - BOOK AU - Vygotskiĭ,L.S. AU - Bruner,Jerome S. AU - Rieber,R.W. AU - Robinson,David Kent TI - The essential Vygotsky SN - 0306485524 AV - BF121 .V94213 2004 U1 - 150.92 22 PY - 2004///] CY - New York PB - Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers KW - Child development KW - Child psychology KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-579) and index; Includes bibliographical references and index; A dialogue with Vygotsky --; Sect. I; Problems of general psychology : thinking and speech --; Section introduction --; 1; The problem and the method of investigation --; 2; The genetic roots of thinking and speech --; 3; Thought and word --; 4; Perception and its development in childhood --; 5; Emotions and their development in childhood --; Sect. II; Fundamentals of defectology (abnormal psychology and learning disabilities) --; Section introduction --; 6; Introduction : the fundamental problems of defectology --; 7; The difficult child --; 8; The dynamics of child character --; 9; The collective as a factor in the development of the abnormal child --; Sect. III; Problems of the theory and history of psychology : crisis in psychology --; Section introduction --; 10; The historical meaning of the crisis in psychology : a methodological investigation --; Sect. IV; The history of the development of high term mental functions : exegesis of Vygotsky's text --; Section introduction --; 11; The structure of higher mental functions --; 12; Mastering attention --; Sect. V; Child psychology : Vygotsky's conception of psychological development --; Section introduction --; 13; Development of thinking and formation of concepts in the adolescent --; 14; Dynamics and structure of the adolescent's personality --; 15; The crisis at age seven --; Sect. VI; Scientific legacy : tool and sign in the development of the child --; Section introduction --; 16; The problem of practical intellect in the psychology of animals and the psychology of the child --; 17; The function of signs in the development of higher mental processes --; 18; Sign operations and organization of mental processes --; 19; Analysis of sign operations of the child --; Bibliography of works about Vygotsky in English N2 - "These papers are particularly relevant for students of developmental psychology, language, special education, and the history of these fields."--Jacket ER -