How Culture Transforms Mind

A Process of Internalization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2390618
AutoresAaro Toomela (0000-0002-8520-9676, Tartu University, Estonia, autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen2
Número3
Páginas285-305
Fecha de publicación1996-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354067x9600200305
OpenAlexW2051771970
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas35
Referencias citadas27

In this article a new definition of internalization is proposed, according to which internalization is a process whereby two different mechanisms of information processing, non-verbal ('sensory') thinking and conventional language, that have been differentiated from the 'natural' processes in the course of development become united within a new mental structure. The result of internalization is the development of semiotically mediated, 'cultural' mental operations. Components of the definition, the concept of a structure, of dynamicity (development), of natural and cultural processes, and of semiotic mediation are discussed in relation to one another. The result allows the conceptualization of what makes human environments specific so that only that environment is sufficient for the development of human mind; and what makes human children specific so that only they take advantage of what the human environment affords in a manner not attainable by other animal species

Biology · Cognitive science · Conceptualization · Epistemology · Human culture · Internalization · Mediation · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Computer Science · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence