Abstract

There are two different approaches to mind: cognitivist and sociocultural. The author attempts at outlining the latter, while indicating that both approaches are complementary rather than excluding each other. Another difference the author makes in his paper is the difference between brain and mind. Based on the sociocultural approach, human mind is the sociocultural quality or function of the brain, it is the sociocultural construction and product. The content of mind is a representation, which is not only mental, but also social.