The Collected Works of L. S. Vygotsky: Child Psychology (Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics)

**`** Although the writings in this volume were composed over 60 years ago...everything we teach today in this area is here...the reader can appreciate how valuable and how modern are the insights presented...worthwhile."**`****Contemporary Psychology.** Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Development of Interests at the Transitional Age....Pages 3-28 Development of Thinking and Formation of Concepts in the Adolescent....Pages 29-81 Development of Higher Mental Functions During the Transitional Age....Pages 83-149 Imagination and Creativity in the Adolescent....Pages 151-166 Dynamics and Structure of the Adolescent’s Personality....Pages 167-184 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 The Problem of Age....Pages 187-205 Infancy....Pages 207-241 The Crisis of the First Year....Pages 243-259 Early Childhood....Pages 261-281 The Crisis at Age Three....Pages 283-288 The Crisis at Age Seven....Pages 289-296 Back Matter....Pages 297-362 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. ` Although the writings in this volume were composed over 60 years ago...everything we teach today in this area is here...the reader can appreciate how valuable and how modern are the insights presented...worthwhile." ` Contemporary Psychology.