Lev Vygotsky

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Lev Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist renowned for his foundational work in developmental psychology and his sociocultural theory of cognitive development, including the concept of the zone of proximal development.

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Label Occurrences
Lev Vygotsky canonical 2
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky 1
Vygotsky 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet citizen
human
psychologist
birthDate 1896-11-17
birthPlace Orsha
Russian Empire
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
citizenship Soviet Union
concept scaffolding (as later elaborated by others)
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
deathDate 1934-06-11
deathPlace Moscow
Soviet Union
educatedAt Moscow State University
era early Soviet psychology
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Lev Vygotsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vygotsky
fieldOfWork cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
educational psychology
neuropsychology
psychology
fullName Lev Vygotsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky
givenName Lev
hasChild Gita Vygodskaya
influenced Alexander Luria
Alexei Leontiev NERFINISHED
Barbara Rogoff
James Wertsch
Jerome Bruner
Michael Cole
educational constructivism
influencedBy Friedrich Engels
Gestalt psychology
Ivan Pavlov
Karl Marx
Wilhelm Wundt
knownFor concept of mediation by tools and signs
cultural-historical psychology
sociocultural theory of cognitive development
theory of inner speech
theory of play in child development
zone of proximal development
language Russian
movement cultural-historical school of psychology
nativeName Lev Vygotsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Лев Семёнович Выготский
notableWork Educational psychology
surface form: Educational Psychology

Mind in Society
The Psychology of Art
Thought and Language
occupation educator
psychologist
theorist
spouse Rosa Smekhova
studied law
literature
philosophy
theory cognitive development is shaped by social interaction and culture
higher mental functions are socially mediated
learning precedes development in many domains
workedAt Institute of Psychology in Moscow
Moscow State Pedagogical Institute
surface form: Moscow University

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Subject: Lev Vygotsky
Description of subject: Lev Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist renowned for his foundational work in developmental psychology and his sociocultural theory of cognitive development, including the concept of the zone of proximal development.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lev isGivenNameOf Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky fullName Lev Vygotsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky familyName Lev Vygotsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky nativeName Lev Vygotsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Лев Семёнович Выготский