A mediação simbólica e o desenvolvimento do pensamento e da linguagem: um estudo inicial na obra de Vigotski

Abstract

This course completion work aims to discuss and explore the theories of Historical- Cultural Psychology on the relevance of the symbolic mediation process for the development of thought and language, as these two elements are of great importance for the construction of the human psyche. For this purpose, bibliographical research was chosen as a methodology, in which an interpretative and critical reading of Vygotsky's works was carried out, in particular, the books Formação Social da Mente (1991) and A Construção do Pensamento e Linguagem (2001), moreover, a study of the author's commentators was also carried out. In the research, the concepts of mediation through signs were investigated and analyzed in order to understand the development of thought and language in human history (phylogenesis) and in individual history (ontogenesis). In view of this, we point out that symbolic mediation is what enables interaction with the sociocultural environment, in such a way that psychological development is the result, above all, of cultural forms internalized through the appropriation of symbolic elements. At the end of this work, it was concluded that language as the main symbolic system is essential for the development of thought and human subjectivity.