Vygotsky and the Social Formation of Mind

19873,358 citationsJournal Article

Authors

James V. Wertsch · Northwestern University

Abstract

1. Vygotsky: The Man and His Theory 2. Vygotsky's Genetic Method 3. The Social Origins of Higher Mental Functions 4. Vygotsky's Semiotic Analysis 5. Extending Vygotsky's Semiotic Analysis: Propositional and Discourse Referentiality 6. Semiotic Mechanisms in Vygotsky's Genetic Law of Cultural Development 7. Units of Psychological Functioning: Consciousness, Word Meaning, and Action 8. Mind and Society Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

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Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Psychology

Volume 100, Issue 1, pp. 123-123

DOI: 10.2307/1422646

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 76.42