This paper discusses the distinct meanings of internalization and interiorization as ways of
rendering intelligible the social constitution of the psychological in a line of research that …

A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social
concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious …

This paper contributes to our understanding of the relation between social representations
and identity using the concept of position. For this purpose two conceptualisations of the …

Recent work has called for the integration of different perspectives into the field of political
psychology (Haste, 2012). This chapter suggests that one possible direction that such efforts …

Developmental psychologists have a long history of using triangle metaphors to
conceptualise the social constitution of psychological development. In this paper, we present …

While the productive role of social interaction between peers in promoting cognitive
development has been clearly established, the communicative processes through which this …

As recently argued by Valsiner (2013, p. ix), psychology is in deep crisis because of its
success in amassing large quantities of empirical evidence but rarely addressing the …

For decades there has been considerable interest in the ways that interactions between
children can provide a beneficial context for the study of cognitive and social development …

Symbolic systems The way in which we trust is strongly infl uenced by the way we perceive
and understand the world around us. In that way trust is closely linked to cognition, and its …

The question of history teaching and learning in Cyprus often comes to the forefront of public
debate, mainly in the daily press, as a contest between those who wish to change the school …