Lev S. Vygotsky

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in Orsha, Belarus

November 17, 1896

died

June 11, 1934

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Lev Semenovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Вы́готский or Выго́тский, born Lev Simyonovich Vygodsky) was a Soviet developmental psychologist and the founder of cultural-historical psychology.

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	Mind in Society: Development of Higher Psychological Processes by Lev S. Vygotsky, Vera John-Steiner (Editor), Michael Cole (Editor) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thought and Language 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1962 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Works of L.S. Vygotsky, Volume 1: Problems of General Psychology, Including Thinking and Speech (Cognition & Language: a Series in Psycholinguistics) by Lev S. Vygotsky, Robert W. Rieber (Editor), Aaron S. Carton (Editor) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1988	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychology of Art 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1925 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Works of L.S. Vygotsky, Volume 4: The History of the Development of Higher Mental Functions (Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics) by Lev S. Vygotsky, Robert W. Rieber (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Imaginacion Y El Arte En Infancia 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1967 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pensiero E Linguaggio: Ricerche Psicologiche by Lev S. Vygotsky, L. Mecacci (Editor) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1934	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Works of L.S. Vygotsky, Volume 2: Fundamentals of Defectology (Abnormal Psychology and Learning Disabilities) (Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics) by Lev S. Vygotsky, Robert W. Rieber (Editor), Aaron S. Carton (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Desarrollo de Los Procesos Psicologicos Superiores 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Works of L. S. Vygotsky: Child Psychology 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics (19 books)
by Lev S. Vygotsky, Robert W. Rieber (Editor)
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“Through others we become ourselves.”
― Lev S. Vygotsky

tags: development, educatin, identity, imitation, psychology, self-awareness

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“... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls.”
― Lev S. Vygotsky

tags: childhood, human-behavior, human-nature, parenting

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“A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow.”
― Lev S. Vygotsky, Thought and Language

tags: cognition, language, psychology, thought, word

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