Contemporary child psychologists make increasing use of ideas formulated by the Soviet psychologist Lev S. Vygotsky. Only part of his work, however, has been Translated into English. This makes our impression of Vygotsky's developmental psychology incomplete. The present paper seeks to provide additional relevant information, as yet unknown in Anglosaxon countries. The purpose is to complete our knowledge of Vygotskian ideas and to show that part of his theory is still relevant to present research in developmental psychology.
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