PSYC 354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sociocultural Evolution, Lev Vygotsky, Ator
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Psyc 354 chapter 4 - sociocultural approaches to children"s thinking. 4. 1 - the social origin of the mind. Sociogenesis - the idea that human minds originate within social processes. Soviet psychologist lev vygotsky is the best proponent of this view. Believed mental functions appear first between people at social interaction and then within the person. Sociogenesis can be traced to the work of many psychologists such as janet, marx and engel, James mark baldwin, etc. , and philosophers such as george herbert mead. Vygotsky studied medicine, law, philosophy, psychology, and education. Vygotsky"s interest in psychology was linked to his interest in theatre and literature. Began teaching psychology later at the first moscow state university. His work started to influence north american psychology in the early 1960s. Claimed that thinking originates in social activity. General genetic law of cultural development characterizes this believe. Note that genetic here means developmental, not actual genes.