The Relation Between Environment and Psychological Development: Unpacking Vygotsky’s Influential Concept of Perezhivanie

Abstract In recent decades, Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory (VST) has become particularly influential in the fields of education and educational psychology. Perezhivanie is an important concept VST that stipulates a relative influence environment on person’s psychological development depending their age or stage development. However, perezhivanie been differentially interpreted applied previous literature to suit purposes domain-specific research. The lack comprehensive theoretical understanding can undermine research findings implications for practices. Drawing content analysis key texts , this paper provides much-needed discussion unpacks comprehensively methodological principles guiding its application. revealed conceptually, be defined as: (a) relation between individual environment, (b) abstract experience attitude towards life situation (c) concrete lived event within situation. Four major discernible components individual’s include environmental factor, personal characteristics mobilised, refraction prism influences. Five were conceived assist employment educational/psychological research: (1) utilising as unit analysis, (2) analysing at different levels, (3) accounting perspective involved, (4) constructing (5) determining mobilised . Implications practices are then discussed.