Henri Wallon

(1879-1962) - French psychologist, teacher, progressive public figure. Based on patopsihologicheskie (clinical) and the experimental data, meaningful in the light of dialectical materialist philosophy,. made a number of concepts that have impacted on the psychology of not only in France but also in other countries (Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium). The most famous became his research on the connection of action with the knowledge ( 'From action to thought', 1942), as well as his proposed scheme of ontogenetic stages in the development of emotional and cognitive areas of personality