Emotions and Their Development in Childhood

Abstract

The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky. Vol.1, Problems of general psychology Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist and one of the most influential psychologists in the world during the 20th century. This volume, the first of six, examines Vygotsky's works involving problems of general psychology, including thinking and speech. The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky. Vol.2, The fundamentals of defectology (Abnormal psychology and learning disabilities) This work is a translation of Volume 5 of Pedagogika's 6 volume series published in Moscow between 1982 and 1984. It includes Vygotsky's works on defectology originally published between 1924 and 1932, as well as posthumous, unpublished material. General Problems of Defectology - Fundamental Problems of Defectology; Defect and Compensation; Principles of Education for Physically Handicapped Children; The Psychology and Pedagogy of Children's Handicaps; Special Questions of Defectology - The Blind Child; Principles of Social Education for Deaf Children; Compensatory Processes in the Development of the Retarded Child; The Difficult Child. Moral Insanity; The Dynamics of Child Character; Defectology and the Study of Development and Education of Abnormal Children; Questions at the Forefront of Defectology - Study of the Development of the Difficult Child; Fundamentals of Working with Mentally Retarded and Physically Handicapped Children; The Collective as a Factor in the Development of the Abnormal Child. The Problem of Mental Retardation; The Diagnostics of Development and Pedagogical Clinic for Difficult Children; Four additional articles. The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky. Vol. 3. Problems of the theory and history of psychology The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky. Vol. 4. The history of the development of higher mental functions 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. The Problem of the Development of Higher Mental Functions. - Research Method.- Analysis of Higher Mental Functions. - The Structure of Higher Mental Functions.- Genesis of Higher Mental Functions. - The Development of Speech.- Prehistory of the Development of Written Language .- Development of Arithmetic Operations.- Mastering Attention. - The Development of Mnemonic and Mnemotechnical Functions.- Development of Speech and Thinking. - Self-Control.- Cultivation of Higher Forms of Behavior. - The Problem of Cultural Age.- Conclusion. - Further Research.- Development of Personality and World View in the Child. - The Question of Multilingual Children.- Epilogue. - Notes to the Russian Edition.- Indexes. The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky. Vol. 5. Child psychology Pedology of the Adolescent: Development of Interests at the Tarnsitional Age. Development of Thinking and Formation of Concepts in the Adolescent. Development of Higher Mental Functions During the Transitional Age. Imagination and Creativity in the Adolescent. Dynamics and Structure of the Adolescent's Personality. Problems of Child (Developmental) Psychology. The Problem of Age. Infancy. The Crisis of the First Year. Early Childhood. The Crisis at Age Three. The Crisis at Age Seven. Epilogue; D.B. Elkonin. Notes to the Russian Edition. Author Index. Subject Index. The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky. Vol. 6. Scientific legacy 1. The Problem of Practical Intellect in the Psychology of Animals and the Psychology of the Child. 2. The Function of Signs in the Development of Higher Mental Processes. 3. Sign Operations and Organization of Mental Processes. 4. Analysis of Sign Operations of the Child. 5. Methods of Studying Higher Mental Functions. Conclusion. The Teaching about Emotions. Historical-Psychological Studies. Sections 1-20. On the Problem of the Psychology of the Actor's Creative Work. Epilogue. Notes to the Russian Edition. References. Works of L.S. Vygotsky. Works about L.S. Vygotsky. Author Index. Subject Index.