biography
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Vygotsky, Lev Semenovich
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pronunciation:
[vigotskee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1896–1934)
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| biography:
| Psychologist, born in Orsha, E Belarus. Originally a teacher and literary scholar with interests in creativity, he took up a scientific post at the Institute of Psychology in Moscow in 1924. He examined contemporary psychology, notably behaviourism and introspectionism, attempting to establish a Marxist view that thought originates in interactions, which themselves are influenced by social history. His writings, such as Thought and Language (1934–62) and Mind in Society (1978), have had a major influence on Soviet and (since the 1960s) Western psychology, particularly on specialists in child development. |
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