Vladimir Asnin

Vladimir Ilyich Asnin (Russian: Владимир Ильич Аснин; c. 1904 in Kremenchuk – 1956) was a Soviet developmental psychologist, a representative of Kharkov School of Psychology, and the head of the Department of Psychology at the Kharkov State pedagogical institute in 1944–1950.

In the 1930s, in collaboration with Leont'ev, Zaporozhets, Gal'perin, Zinchenko and other members of the Kharkov group developed the fundamentals of psychological activity theory.

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ Van der Veer, R. and van IJzendoorn, MH (1985). Vygotsky's Theory of the Higher Psychological Processes: Some Criticisms . Human Development, 28, 1-9
  2. ↑ VI Asnin. Obituary. Questions of Psychology, 1956, # 6
  3. ↑ Zinchenko V.P. (2001). Subject of psychology? Ascent up the spiritual vertical . "Man" N 5 2001. Interview with V. P. Zinchenko.