"In this deeply probing, intellectually challenging work, Dr. Jaan Valsiner lays the groundwork for a dynamic new cultural-historical approach to developmental psychology. He begins by deconstructing traditional developmental theory, exposing the conceptual confusion and epistemological blind spots that he believes continue to undermine the scientific validity of its methodologies. He describes the ways in which embedded cultural biases ..."
VALSINER(1st Edition) CULTURE AND HUMAN (P) DEVELOPMENT von JaanValsiner Paperback, 336 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2000 von Sage Publications Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-5684-6, ISBN: 0-7619-5684-0
"This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology. Intended for students from undergraduate level upwards, the book provides a wide-ranging overview of the cultural perspective on human development, with illustrations from pre-natal development to adulthood. A key feature is the broad coverage of theoretical and methodological issues which have relevance to this t ..."
The Guided Mind A Sociogenetic Approach to Personality von JaanValsiner Hardcover, 480 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1998 von Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-36757-9, ISBN: 0-674-36757-X
" How is something as broad and complex as a personality organized? What makes up a satisfactory theory of personality? In this ambitious book, Jaan Valsiner argues for a theoretical integration of two long-standing approaches: the individualistic tradition of personalistic psychology, typified by the work of William Stern and Gordon Allport, and the semiotic tradition of cultural-historical psychology, typified by the work of L. S. Vygo ..."
Ornamented Lives (Paperback) von JaanValsiner Paperback, Veröffentlicht 2018 von Information Age Publishing, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-64113-468-2, ISBN: 1-64113-468-2
"The goal of cultural psychology is to explain the ways in which human cultural constructions -- for example, rituals, stereotypes, and meanings -- organize and direct human acting, feeling, and thinking in different social contexts. A rapidly growing, international field of scholarship, cultural psychology is ready for an interdisciplinary, primary resource. Linking psychology, anthropology, sociology, archaeology, and history, The Oxfo ..."
"Since 2011 the world has experienced an explosion of popular uprisings that began in the Middle East and quickly spread to other regions. What are the different social-psychological conditions for these events to emerge, what different trajectories do they take, and how are they are represented to the public? To answer these questions, this book applies the latest social psychological theories to contextualized cases of revolutions and ..."
Methodological Thinking in Psychology 60 Years Gone Astray? (Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Developm) von Aaro Toomela, JaanValsiner Paperback, 358 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2010 von Information Age Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-60752-430-4, ISBN: 1-60752-430-9
"A volume in Advances in Cultural Psychology Series Editor: Jaan Valsiner, Clark University In recent years an increasing dissatisfaction with methods and thinking in psychology as a science can be observed. The discipline is operating under the tension between the traditional quantitative and the new qualitative methodologies. New approaches emerge in different fields of psychology and education-each of them trying to go beyond limitati ..."
"Heinz Werner (1890-1964) was one of the three key developmental psychologists of the 20th century – along with Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. This book is a new exploration of Werner’s ideas and their social contexts – in Vienna in his student years, in Hamburg up to 1933, followed by the years of transit as an immigrant to America at times of economic depression, finally culminating in his establishment of the prominent "Clark tradition ..."
Human Development and Culture The Social Nature of Personality and Its Study von JaanValsiner Hardcover, 395 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1989 von Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-669-11286-3, ISBN: 0-669-11286-0
"Book by Valsiner, Jaan"
Culture and the development of children's action A cultural-historical theory of developmental psychology (Wiley series in developmental psychology and its applications) von JaanValsiner Hardcover, 276 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1987 von John Wiley And Sons Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-471-90523-3, ISBN: 0-471-90523-2
"This book offers a dynamic new cultural-historical approach to developmental psychology based on the subtle interplay of personal, cultural, physiological, and psychological factors in a child's development."
"The second volume of Annals of Cultural Psychology is dedicated to the affective nature of human social relationships with the environment. The chapters here included explore the historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of the concept of affectivating originally introduced by one of us (Valsiner, 1999), as a potential tool of inquiry into the affective-sensitive dimension of psychological life within a cultural-psychological fra ..."
"HERBERT P. GINSBUHG The aim of this chapter is to show how the findings,
theories, and methods of cognitive developmental psychology can provide
important applications to the problem of academic diagnosis — the
understanding and fostering of individual children's school learning. ... The
chapter concludes with a discussion of how recent experience with cognitive
diagnosis sheds light on the strengths and weak- HERBERT P GINSBURG • ..."
"Representing Development presents the different social representations that have formed the idea of development in Western thinking over the past three centuries. Offering an acute perspective on the current state of developmental science and providing constructive insights into future pathways, the book draws together twelve contributors with a variety of multidisciplinary and international perspectives to focus upon development in fie ..."
A Guided Science History of Psychology in the Mirror of Its Making von JaanValsiner Hardcover, 352 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2012 von Transaction Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4128-4290-7, ISBN: 1-4128-4290-5
" Major changes have occurred in contemporary sciences—collective authorship, fragmentation of knowledge into small, quickly published (and equally quickly retractable) journal articles, and the counting of numbers of such articles by institutions as if that is a measure of “scientific productivity.” Scientists are inherently ambivalent about the benefit of these changes for the actual development of knowledge. There is a gradual “take-o ..."
"This book explores the diverse landscapes wherein women struggle for their personal and social identities and lives, between biology and culture, destiny and choice, shared and individual worlds, tradition and modernity. Their "peripheral lives" have "central meaning" (Chaudhary, this volume) in any society - and as such are approached as a primary subject in this book, as the chapters traverse ten different countries on three continent ..."
Understanding Vygotsky A Quest for Synthesis von JaanValsiner Hardcover, 400 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1992 von Blackwell Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-631-16528-6, ISBN: 0-631-16528-2
"This book is the most comprehensive contribution to our understanding of Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) yet undertaken. As a key to understanding the most potent influence on developmental theories since the beginning of this century, van der Veer and Valsiner explore Vygotsky's ideas through the course of his life, establishing links with his predecessors and contemporaries. Elaborate analysis of his social context allows detailed discussion ..."
"Since 2011 the world has experienced an explosion of popular uprisings that began in the Middle East and quickly spread to other regions. What are the different social-psychological conditions for these events to emerge, what different trajectories do they take, and how are they are represented to the public? To answer these questions, this book applies the latest social psychological theories to contextualized cases of revolutions and ..."
Deep Experiencing(1st Edition) Dialogues Within the Self (SpringerBriefs in Psychology) von Olga V. Lehmann, JaanValsiner Paperback, 108 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2018 von Springer ISBN-13: 978-3-319-68692-9, ISBN: 3-319-68692-5
"This Brief brings together empirical accounts that contribute to the investigation of the cultural phenomena of deep personal experiences. It examines everyday life experiences and its influence on the development of successful social interactions. Issues of silence, the subjective feelings of opportunities, and culturally canalized feelings of “being here” or “being influenced by others" are all deep personal experiences that are roote ..."