Logical-Semantic Analysis and the Development of L.S. Vygotsky's Ideas About 'Units' and 'Elements' of Psychological Systems

Autor: Boris I. Bespalov
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Russian & East European Psychology. 52:13-44
ISSN: 1558-0415
1061-0405
DOI: 10.1080/10610405.2015.1199159
Popis: Based on an analysis of L.S. Vygotsky's concepts of “units” and “elements” of psychological systems, this article highlights five of their attributes. It shows that these attributes are logically symmetrical, since in their wording they can be converted into one another by negation or by replacing some words with their opposites. This suggests that the concepts of the “unit” and “element” of a system are different poles of one theoretical construct of the activity of human psychology. Thus methods for the study of psychological systems by breaking them down into elements or by separating them into units can be seen as complementary. The article describes differences among the concepts of “unit,” “minimal unit,” and “cell” of a psychological system. It reviews several problems that are solvable using the “method of units,” as well as some concepts of the theory of psychological systems that are understood as holistic, conceptual, and active processes and/or results of human interaction with the world. Amon...
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