THE FORMATIVE EXPERIMENT IN THE STUDY OF EGOCENTRIC LANGUAGE

An analysis of two experimental methods is presented: the genetic-mode lator method and the statistical (quantitative) method, for the study of egocentric language as regulator and planner of action in the child . Some theoretical reflexions concerning methods are presented based o n its use in a research work carried out by the author at Moscow State University on ''The role of language in the solution of spatial tasks by children of pre-school age''. The genetic-modelator method, and no t the quantitative evaluation of psychical processes, studies the form ation of those processes. The specific genetic method, also called met hod of the formative experiment, is worked by the Vygotski School.