THE PROBLEMS OF ABILITIES DEVELOPMENT - B EFORE AND AFTER VYGOTSKY,L.S

The analysis of abilities' development in the framework of cultural-hi storical paradigm is presented. Abilities' genesis is connected to the forming of species features and individual differences are connected to the level of abilities' development, The author shares the views of A.V. Zaporozhets, V.V. Davydov, L.A. Venger and others: the leading p art in the mastering of human experience is played by the mastering of means to orient oneself into reality; it determines the successfulnes s of actions as well as the rate of applied skills mastering.