ABSTRACT
A. N. Leontiev coined the term “Memory Development Parallelogram”(MDP) with regard to the basic graphic representation of the results of his macro-ontogenetic research on the memorization of words. Since the 1990s, Russian psychological journals published many articles that challenged the term MDP, denying it as a real fact, a supposed “failure” of Leontiev’s research. In this article, we refute this idea by means of bibliographical as well as empirical studies, aiming to establish that MDP was not the only way the author has represented memory.
Keywords
Cultural-historical and activity theory; L. S. Vygotsky; A. N. Leontiev; Memory Development Parallelogram; Memory
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