Human Mind in Human Society

Piaget's notion of the permanent object is elaborated as the logical competence to construct mental objects, ushering in a new developmental stage of mind beyond sensorimotor action. The claim is made that mind and mental objects form a societal mental structure that enables children to assimil...

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Published in:Human development 1996-01, Vol.39 (5), p.264-268
Main Author: Furth, Hans G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Development
Concept Formation
Constructivism (Learning)
Cultural Influences
Culture
Evolution
Hermeneutics
Individual Development
Meaning Construction
Mental Imagery
Mental Skills
Motor ability
Object Concept
Piaget (Jean)
Piaget, Jean (1896-1980)
Piagetian Theory
Senses
Social Cognition
Society
Symbolic Representation
Vygotsky (Lev S)
Vygotsky, Lev
Where Is Mind? Building on Piaget and Vygotsky
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Summary:Piaget's notion of the permanent object is elaborated as the logical competence to construct mental objects, ushering in a new developmental stage of mind beyond sensorimotor action. The claim is made that mind and mental objects form a societal mental structure that enables children to assimilate their society and become its active co-constructing members. Specific developmental achievements, beginning at approximately age 2 years, are noted as evidence for the claim that the competence to create mental objects as well as symbols and meanings separated from action is in fact the evolutionarily evolved human capacity for society and culture. Vygotsky's idea of a natural line of development refers to the general human competence that is always presupposed in any study of the specific cultural line of development.
ISSN:0018-716X
1423-0054
DOI:10.1159/000278477