Mind as Action
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195117530
ISBN-13
9780195117530
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 12th, 1998
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
488 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.30 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Cognitivism, cognitive theoryPsychological methodologyCognition & cognitive psychology
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Wertsch argues against reductionist accounts of human cognition and proposes a sociocultural perspective, which moves beyond the isolated individual. He suggests that "mediated action" and cultural tools shape cognitive processes and can explain how they are organized.
A study which argues against reductionist accounts of human cognition and proposes a sociocultural perspective, moving beyond the isolated individual. The author claims that, in many human endeavours, the outcomes we are interested in are not determined by the information processing ability of the individual, but by forces in the environment.
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