Mind in Society

Development of Higher Psychological Processes

L. S. Vygotsky

Edited by Michael Cole

Edited by Vera John-Steiner

Edited by Sylvia Scribner

Edited by Ellen Souberman

    Introduction

    Michael Cole and Sylvia Scribner

    Biographical Note on L. S. Vygotsky

    Basic Theory and Data

    1. Tool and Symbol in Child Development

    2. The Development of Perception and Attention

    3. Mastery of Memory and Thinking

    4. Internalization of Higher Psychological Functions

    5. Problems of Method

    Educational Implications

    6. Interaction between Learning and Development

    7. The Role of Play in Development

    8. The Prehistory of Written Language

    Afterword

    Vera John-Steiner and Ellen Souberman

    Notes

    Vygotsky's Works

    Index

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Michael Cole is Professor of Communication and Psychology and Director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition at the University of California, San Diego.