Revolution in the cognitive psychology of development

Abstract

The recent revolutionary changes in the cognitive psychology of
development, touching upon the basic conceptions of psychology, are
generalized in this article. The problem of theoretical changes, connected with the evolution system approach, the dynamic nonlinear system theory, and connectionism, is discussed.
The author analyses four basic theses of revolutionary changes: from
sensory-motor infant to representative one; from the leading role of activity to the unity of perception and action; about the continuity of the subject formation, instead of axiom of subjectivity of the adult, mature person; about the continuance of genetic and environmental, instead of social primacy in the mental development of person. There are key arguments of new conceptions, obtained by the author and other researchers.