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Feldstein D. I.
Childhood as socio-psychological phenomenon and special state of development
(resume)
The necessity to approach childhood as special
permanently reproduced state of society and at the
same time as special whole inside of it is
substantiated. The childhood is complex in
structure and content and functionally obligatory
phenomenon with its own laws, development and
self-development trends. Its principal feature is
constant change-maturation-development. Real
contacts of adult world and childhood are shown.
Subject - object interaction principle demanding
new quality of adult approach to childhood and
differentiated treatment of its various periods is
underlined.
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