Problems of the Psychology of Memory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Psychology of Memorization

   1. Introduction

      • A. A. Smirnov

      Pages 1-23

   2. Voluntary and Involuntary Memorization

      1. Voluntary Memorization

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 25-54

      2. Involuntary Memorization

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 55-80

      3. The Correlation of Voluntary and Involuntary Memorization

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 81-104

   3. Comprehension in Memorization

      1. The Role of Understanding in Memorization

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 105-129

      2. The Effect of Memorizing on Comprehension

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 131-157

      3. Reflective Activity in Memorizing

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 159-236

   4. Repetition in Memorizing

      1. Significance and Functions of Repetition

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 237-243

      2. The Process of Repetition

         • A. A. Smirnov

         Pages 245-259

3. Conditions for Retroactive Inhibition

   1. Conditions for Retroactive Inhibition

      • A. A. Smirnov

      Pages 279-298

4. The Interrelation of Image and Word in the Development of Memory

   1. The Interrelation of Image and Word in the Development of Memory

      • A. A. Smirnov

      Pages 299-317

5. On Some Correlations in the Field of Memory

   1. On Some Correlations in the Field of Memory

      • A. A. Smirnov

      Pages 319-329

6. Summaries

   1. Summaries

      • A. A. Smirnov

      Pages 331-335

7. Back Matter

   Pages 337-338

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Contrary to popular opinion, contemporary psychology in the USSR is far from being monolithic. It is true that the development of Soviet psychology does have characteristic features which distinguish it from the development of Western (and particularly Anglo-American) psychology. Perhaps the most distinguishing features of Soviet psychology are represented by the pre­ dominance of the historical-evolutionary approach and the emphasis on integrative physiological mechanisms underlying behavior. The development of Soviet psychological thinking can also be characterized as having been free of the fruitless discussions of mind-body dualism and of dominance by rat-and-pigeon-centered behaviorism. Soviet psychology had the benefit of a rich inheritance from the Sech­ that laid the foundation for modern psycho­ enov-Botkin-Pavlov school biology and biological psychiatry. Unfortunately, the politically engendered omnipresent dogmatism during the Lysenko-Stalin era of obscurantism tended to pervert this rich scientific heritage and hindered the development of a diversity of concepts and methods in the behavioral and biological sciences.

• behavior
• memory
• psychiatry
• psychology

• Institute of Psychology, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Moscow, Russia

  A. A. Smirnov

• Moscow State University and Moscow City Pedagogical Institute, Russia

  A. A. Smirnov

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