[xmca] Interests and tendency during adolescence

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

Is there anyone who has looked into this idea of "interest" in the 
development of the adolescent? I have started reading Volume 5 of the 
LSV CW and the first chapter is very interesting. I have not come across 
exactly this idea before. He says: "a transformation of tendency into 
interest is the true key to the problem of the transitional age." His 
argumentation leading to this conclusion rings very true, to my ears. Is 
there anyone on the list who has worked further with this idea of 
"interest." So much of this chapter is quotation of other authors, it is 
not 100% clear which ideas Vygotsky embraces. But it seems that 
upbringing shapes a person according to tendency (with habits etc.) but 
then the adolescent appropriates from their environment interests which 
form the basis of their adult personality, not extinguishing the 
tendency acquired by upbringing, but distinct from it.

Andy

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