El artículo expone los distintos enfoques que nos llevan al estudio del conocimiento y del desarrollo cognitivo basado en la cultura, áreas de estudio que tradicionalmente se han disociado y estan íntimamente relacionadas. En particular se centra en: la teoría sociocultural de los procesos psicológicos de Vygotski; Leontiev y su concepto de “actividad”; y las aportaciones de la antropología cultural. El concepto “zona de desarrollo próximo”, acuñado por Vygotski, ha tenido muchas aplicaciones educativas y se han llevado a cabo muchas investigaciones psicoantropológicas. La adquisición de conductas culturalmente adecuadas es un proceso de interacción del niño con los adultos y es un proceso de interacción y aculturación. Desde esta perspectiva, el enfoque sociocultural ofrece el marco necesario para el estudio de diversas facetas de la naturaleza humana.
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