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 Semyonovich Vygotsky, Robert W. Rieber (Editor)

In this volume, readers are introduced to Vygotsky's argument for a theoretical and methodological approach to differentiate A "higher" mental functions from the more basic brain processes that other theorists believed were at the center of the psychological apparatus. The famed Soviet psychologist's view of developmental issues as an intricately woven tapestry of functions includes analyses of:

the development of speech and written language the mastering of attention and mnemonic skills self-control and the higher, more cultivated forms of behavior the cultural age, personality, and world view of children.

Genres: Psychology

311 pages, Hardcover

First published March 31, 1997

About the author

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