scholarly journals Psychological Concepts of Activity Theory in Child Neuropsychology

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Yulia Solovieva ◽  
Luis Quintanar
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Functional Disorders ◽  
General Activity ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Child Neuropsychology

<p><em>Neuropsychology is the part of psychology, which studies the relation between psychological and brain level of organization of human activity. It is possible to identify specific mechanisms or components of psychological processes related to the functioning of special brain zones. Such a study can be based on different general psychological theories. From the point of view of activity theory approach these components can be understood as psycho-physiological structural and systemic mechanisms of actions and operations fulfilled by a subject in the context of one or another general activity. In other words, neuropsychological level of analyses could be understood as the elementary level of human activity. Neuropsychological analysis can be organized as assessment of actions and not of isolated functions. The present study shows how functional disorders of psychophysiological mechanisms can affect the fulfillment of the same actions of children with learning disabilities. The discussion stresses the importance of inclusion of the terms of activity theory to the practice in neuropsychology.</em></p>

scholarly journals AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF ACTIVITY (To the memory of my dear friend Gregory Bedny)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-91
Author(s):  
Fred Voskoboynikov
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
General Activity ◽  
Independent Direction ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Military

In this paper we present a brief overview of general, applied and systemic-structural activity theories. Activity Theory (AT) was created in the former Soviet Union by three prominent scholars - Vygotsky, Leont'ev and Rubinshtein. General activity theory was first introduced by the Sergey Rubinshtein (1958). It was further developed in the works of Leont'ev (1977) and Vygotsky (1978). The development of AT was shaped by the practical demand of ergonomics, engineering psychology and education. The important requirement of psychological studies in the former Soviet Union was a possibility to utilize psychology for practical application and particularly in the study of human work and learning. Thus, the effect of practical application on AT is not accidental. With the development of mechanization and automation in the industry, in transport, in the military sphere and in other modern fields of human activity it became obvious, that the direct application of the general activity theory for the study of human activity was not possible. The theory received recognition in the West, and particularly in the USA. We will consider basic concepts of activity theory and will outline some difficulties which Western scientists experience in their interpretation and application of the theory in science and practice. To the response of technological progress, a more advanced theory, namely, applied activity theory (AAT), was created in the works of a number of Soviet psychologists in the 1970s. The Rubinstein-Leont'iev-Vygotsky's general activity theory became the theoretical and philosophical basis of applied activity theory. Creation of AAT was the first step in an attempt to apply activity theory to the study of human activity. The further development of applied activity theory led to the creation of the systemic-structural activity theory (SSAT) as an independent direction of AAT. The theory was founded by Gregory Bedny1 (2007). The creation of SSAT has greatly advanced the science of activity because it can be applied to the study and practice of human work. The focus of this article will be mostly on the Systemic-Structural Activity Theory (SSAT).

Review of Psychological Theories from a Structuralist Point of View.

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-84
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Psychological Theories

Data Model Development for Fire Related Extreme Events: An Activity Theory Approach

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Chen ◽  
◽  
Raj Sharman ◽  
H. Raghav Rao ◽  
Shambhu J. Upadhyaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Extreme Events ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Theory Approach

An Activity Theory Approach about Learning and Program Improvement through International Medical Invitational Training Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
So Young Lee ◽  
◽  
Jwaseop Shin ◽  
Seunghee Lee ◽  
Seolae Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Theory Approach

scholarly journals Psychology in an Indeterminate World

2021 ◽  
pp. 174569162095800
Author(s):  
Ludger van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Material World ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
The World ◽  
Indeterminate World ◽  
Over Time

By sharing their world, humans and other animals sustain each other. Their world gets determined over time as generations of animals act in it. Current approaches to psychological science, by contrast, start from the assumption that the world is already determined before an animal’s activity. These approaches seem more concerned with uncertainty about the world than with the practical indeterminacies of the world humans and nonhuman animals experience. As human activity is making life increasingly hard for other animals, this preoccupation becomes difficult to accept. This article introduces an ecological approach to psychology to develop a view that centralizes the indeterminacies of a shared world. Specifically, it develops an open-ended notion of “affordances,” the possibilities for action offered by the environment. Affordances are processes in which (a) the material world invites individual animals to participate, while (b) participation concurrently continues the material world in a particular way. From this point of view, species codetermine the world together. Several empirical and methodological implications of this view on affordances are explored. The article ends with an explanation of how an ecological perspective brings responsibility for the shared world to the heart of psychological science.

scholarly journals The Complexity of Zoonotic Filariasis Episystem and Its Consequences: A Multidisciplinary View

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Simón ◽  
Javier González-Miguel ◽  
Alicia Diosdado ◽  
Paula Josefina Gómez ◽  
Rodrigo Morchón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Present Review ◽  
Temporal Scales ◽  
Intracellular Symbiont ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Developing And Developed Countries

Vector-borne transmitted helminthic zoonosis affects the health and economy of both developing and developed countries. The concept of episystem includes the set of biological, environmental, and epidemiological elements of these diseases in defined geographic and temporal scales. Dirofilariasis caused by different species of the genusDirofilariais a disease affecting domestic and wild canines and felines and man, transmitted by different species of culicid mosquitoes. This complexity is increased becauseDirofilariaspecies harbor intracellular symbiontWolbachiabacteriae, which play a key role in the embryogenesis and development of dirofilariae and in the inflammatory pathology of the disease. In addition, the vector transmission makes the dirofilariasis susceptible to the influence of the climate and its variations. The present review addresses the analysis of dirofilariasis from the point of view of the episystem, analyzing the complex network of interactions established between biological components, climate, and factors related to human activity, as well as the different problems they pose. The progress of knowledge on human and animal dirofilariasis is largely due to the multidisciplinary approach. Nevertheless, different aspects of the disease need to continue being investigated and cooperation between countries and specialists involved should be intensified.

Digital Transformation of Adaptation and Personnel Involvement Management After the Global Pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
I. Maslennikov
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Communication Methods

The problem that is described in the article has become one of the most crucial and important during first pandemic months of 2020. All new working conditions were a tough challenge for companies that should change all their process to keep the business alive. But even in that crisis times companies have to hire the new personnel and especially crucial not only hire but to adapt people to work both in new company and new remote or partly remote conditions. In this article the manager’s adaptation and involvement management process is reviewed from the point of view of restricted communication methods. The implementation of project management theory approach is described as a tool that could improve and secure the adaptation aspect of human resource management.

Reflections on the Theory of Activity

2015 ◽  
pp. 353-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regi Theodor Enerstvedt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The United States ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Critical Psychology ◽  
Historical School ◽  
Common Mistake ◽  
Methodological Problems

Activity theory is a “productive” resource for shedding light on the functioning of traditional and innovative activities. In discussing theoretical-methodological problems related to a valid theory of activity, the author puts forward the hypothesis that singular references to the Vygotskian school lead to an unproducive confinement of activity theory. First of all, there are problems concerning terminology and concepts. Second, there are issues related to the roots of the activity theory and the cultural-historical school. It is a common mistake in Western Europe and in the United States to regard cultural-historical psychology as the basis for critical psychology and to regard both schools as identical with activity theory. Embracing such a point of view is a mistake and a serious matter.

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