[Xmca-l] Re: Leontyev's activities

[Huw Lloyd]

On 20 October 2013 19:29, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Very Brave of you to respond to Sukanta, Huw.
> Very daunting question, Sukanta.
>

It beats the alternative.  In developmental psychology we trust.

H.


>
> There is a special issue of the journal, Mind, Culture, and Activity theory
> a couple
> of years ago that is devoted to the study of Kurt Lewin's action theory and
> the
> socio-cultural-historical school. This is a contemporary topic of concern.
>
> Do you have access to the journal?
> mike
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> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com
> >wrote:
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> > Activity theory implicates a holistic developmental paradigm frequently
> > focused upon the social genesis of mind.  Cognitive psychology is an
> > umbrella term that typically implicates a much weaker "present
> competence"
> > paradigm and simpler set of practices, principally attending to
> > individual's "processing" in relation to objects of interest, that are
> > typically ignorant of the profound issues addressed in activity theory.
> >  However, if you wanted to you could situate activity theory within
> > cognitive psychology as it is concerned with the genesis of
> > cognition<http://www.marxists.org/archive/luria/works/1976/problem.htm
> > >(which
> > cognitive psychology typically is not).
> >
> > If you do the reading I think you'll find that there are no "basic
> > differences" that would be worth bothering with.  You are better off
> asking
> > "What are the assumptions of these theories and what do they set out to
> > do."
> >
> > Huw
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> > On 13 October 2013 07:21, Sukanta Majumdar <sukantamajumdar@aim.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > > Will anybody in this group kindly tell me what is the basic difference
> > > among Activity theory, Cognitive Psychology and K.L. Lewin's Field
> > Theory?
> > > I am not from Psychology background, but interested to learn about
> these
> > > for human activity purposes.
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> > > Sukanta Majumdar, PhD
> > > Assistant Professor
> > > School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
> > > Transit Campus:
> > > MANIT campus, Sports Complex,
> > > Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India 462051.
> > > sukantamajumdar@aim.com
> > > sukanta@spabhopal.ac.in
> > > www.spabhopal.ac.in
> > > Mo. No: +91-9479910018.
> > > Ph. No: +91-755-2670910-ext 238.
> > > Fax No: +91-755-2670908.
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