Abstract:C.Ratner: I developed my approach to psychology that I call macro cultural psychology as an extension of Vygotsky's works, and I strongly believe that Vygotsky was a macro cultural psychologist in his outlook. Most of his work did not explore macro cultural factors in detail. Most of his work explored more general interpersonal relations: the way caregivers socialize children, like the zone of proximal development. But I think it's very clear that really the impulse that motivated his work was a deep concern w… Show more
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