Janet (Janet), Pierre

(29.05.1859, Paris - 24.02.1947) - French psychologist and psychiatrist. Developed problem pathopsychology and Psychiatry (neuroses, psychasthenia, psychasthenic character, psychic automatism). In the 20-ies. on the category 'action' created a general psychological concept in which, unlike the behaviorists considered a mental as a result of internalization of external, practical actions that are socially valued. Thus, human memory is initially appears as a communicative act that serves to convey important messages, the impact on other people, combining them with the performance of a task. Then the external order becomes samoprikaz, which forms the highest memory, characterized in contrast to memory-'reministsentsii 'its arbitrary nature. In general, in relation to the action of the psychic can serve it 'prepares' part (desire), a regulator of action (feeling), 'incomplete' action (thinking). Eden Janet significant impact on the French psychology of the twentieth century. (M. Piaget, A. Vallon) and the cultural-historical concept HORSES. Vygotsky