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Activity theory (AT; Russian: Теория деятельности) is an umbrella term for a line of eclectic social-sciences theories and research with its roots in the Soviet psychological activity theory pioneered by Sergei Rubinstein in the 1930s. It was later advocated for and popularized by Alexei Leont'ev. Some of the traces of the theory in its inception can…
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| Pushkin | instance of | This work was subsequently developed by researchers | 0.80 | text |
| Zinchenko | instance of | This work was subsequently developed by researchers | 0.80 | text |
| chimpanzees could only be explained by the ape's formation of multi-phase plans using tools | instance of | the behaviour of higher primates | 0.80 | text |
| Cognitive Science | instance of | The Scandinavian AT school of thought seeks to integrate and develop concepts from Vygotsky's Cultural-historical psychology and Leont'ev's activity theory with Western intellec… | 0.80 | text |
| American Pragmatism | instance of | The Scandinavian AT school of thought seeks to integrate and develop concepts from Vygotsky's Cultural-historical psychology and Leont'ev's activity theory with Western intellec… | 0.80 | text |
| Constructivism | instance of | The Scandinavian AT school of thought seeks to integrate and develop concepts from Vygotsky's Cultural-historical psychology and Leont'ev's activity theory with Western intellec… | 0.80 | text |
| and Actor-Network Theory | instance of | The Scandinavian AT school of thought seeks to integrate and develop concepts from Vygotsky's Cultural-historical psychology and Leont'ev's activity theory with Western intellec… | 0.80 | text |
| Heidegger | instance of | Philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| Wittgenstein came to play an important role | instance of | Philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| primarily through discussions of the limitations of AI | instance of | Philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| the Psychology of Set | instance of | as well as other work within Soviet psychology | 0.80 | text |
| increasing his or her annual bonus | instance of | a programmer in writing a program may address goals aligned towards multiple motives | 0.80 | text |
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