{"product_id":"mind-in-society-the-development-of-higher-psychological-processes-audiobook","title":"Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eVygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognitive development in his own words―collected and translated by an outstanding group of scholars. A landmark book.” ―\u003cem\u003eContemporary Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. \u003ci\u003eMind in Society\u003c\/i\u003e corrects much of this misunderstanding. Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky’s important essays, most of which have previously been unavailable in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mind, Vygotsky argues, cannot be understood in isolation from the surrounding society. Humans are the only animals who use tools to alter their own inner world as well as the world around them. Vygotsky characterizes the uniquely human aspects of behavior and offers hypotheses about the way these traits have been formed in the course of human history and the way they develop over an individual’s lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the handkerchief knotted as a simple mnemonic device to the complexities of symbolic language, society provides the individual with technology that can be used to shape the private processes of the mind. In \u003ci\u003eMind in Society,\u003c\/i\u003e Vygotsky applies this theoretical framework to the development of perception, attention, memory, language, and play, and he examines its implications for education. The result is a remarkably interesting book that makes clear Vygotsky’s continuing influence in the areas of child development, cognitive psychology, education, and modern psychological thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapters include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTool and Symbol in Child Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Development of Perception and Attention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMastery of Memory and Thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternalization of Higher Psychological Functions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProblems of Method\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInteraction between Learning and Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Role of Play in Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prehistory of Written Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read by John Malone, with audio engineering by Blake Rook. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLEASE NOTE: This title contains a supplementary PDF. A link will be provided on purchase.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":45791118721197,"sku":"9798349130175","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/9134\/1997\/files\/9798349130175.jpg?v=1772823635","url":"https:\/\/www.echopointbooks.com\/products\/mind-in-society-the-development-of-higher-psychological-processes-audiobook","provider":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}