L.S. Vygotsky: Reading Anew. Part 1.

The article dwells on the earlier period of Vygotskys works before the time when the principles of the Cultural Historic Theory were formulated. His report on the 2nd Psycho-Neurologic Congress in 1924 as well as some adjacent works including The historical sense of psychological crisis are considered by the author as key moments. If to compare Vygotskys approach with I.P. Pavlovs theory of conditioned reflex, V.M. Bechterevs reflexology and K.N. Kornilovs reactology,from one side, and psychology, from the other, it reveals Vygotskys determination to restructure psychology on the objective basis. In his opinion this implies the turn of psychology to higher forms of humans behavior, actually, to human activity. In these methodological changes of Vygotskys views one can trace certain relations of Vygotskys early works with P.Ya. Galperins theoretical survey on subject and method of psychology.