The Essential Vygotsky

Introduction: A Dialogue with Vygotsky Section I: Problems of General Psychology: Thinking and Speech Section introductionChapter 1: The Problem and the Method of InvestigationChapter 2: The Genetic Roots of Thinking and SpeechChapter 3: Thought and WordChapter 4: Perception and Its Development in ChildhoodChapter 5: Emotions and Their Development in ChildhoodReferences and Notes to Section I Section II: The Fundamentals of Defectology (Abnormal Psychology and Learning Disabilities) Section IntroductionChapter 6: Introduction: The Fundamental Problems of DefectologyChapter 7: The Difficult ChildChapter 8: The Dynamics of Child CharacterChapter 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 IntroductionChapter 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 IntroductionChapter 11: The Structure of Higher Mental FunctionsChapter 12: Mastering AttentionSection V: Child Psychology: Vygotsky's Conception of Psychological Development Section IntroductionChapter 13: Development of Thinking and Formation of Concepts in the AdolescentChapter 14: Dynamics of Structure of the Adolescent's PersonalityChapter 15: The Crisis at Age Seven Section VI: Scientific Legacy:Tool and Sign in the Development of the Child Section IntroductionChapter 16: The Problem of Practical Intellect in the Psychology of Animals and the Psychology of the ChildChapter 17: The Function of Signs in the Development of Higher Mental ProcessesChapter 18: Sign Operations and Organization of Mental ProcessesChapter 19: Analysis of Sign Operations of the Child Bibliography of Works about Vygotsky Index