The Genesis of the Primary Forms of Children's Personal Behavior in the Ontogenetic and Cultural-Historical Spheres

E.V. Subbotsky

Cultural-Historical Psychology
2009. Vol. 5, no. 1, 42–48
ISSN: 1816-5435 / 2224-8935 (online)

The Genesis of the Primary Forms of Children's Personal Behavior in the Ontogenetic and Cultural-Historical Spheres

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Abstract

The article describes the early stages of child personality genesis in ontogenetic and cultural-psychological aspects. A key factor in the emergence of the first forms of personal behavior in the ontogenetic aspect is the altruistic style of adult-child communication that allows a child to include the moral norms of behavior in his/her self-esteem. The possibility of such an altruistic style of communication in the cultural-historical domain occurs when society reaches such a stage of development that a child does not have to work to meet his/her basic needs and a phenomenon of pre-school childhood occurs.

General Information

Keywords: Child Personality, Style of Communication, Moral Development, the Role of Culture

Journal rubric: Theory and Methodology

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Subbotsky E.V. The Genesis of the Primary Forms of Children's Personal Behavior in the Ontogenetic and Cultural-Historical Spheres. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2009. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 42–48. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

References

1. Bozhovich L. I. Lichnost' i ee formirovanie v detskom vozraste. M., 1968.

Information About the Authors

E. V. Subbotsky, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Psychology Department, Lancaster University, UK, Lancaster, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, e-mail: e.subbotsky@lancaster.ac.uk

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