Rozwój kontroli przez hamowanie w okresie dzieciństwa
Development of inhibitory control in childhood

Author(s): Sławomir Jabłoński
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Developmental Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: inhibitory control; childhood; mental development; goal-directed behaviour; voluntary action
Summary/Abstract: The author analyses inhibitory control, one of the most popular concepts in contemporary research in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. Inhibitory control is often viewed as one of the earliest developing executive functions, which are the basis for goal-directed human behaviour. The quality of executive functioning is confirmed as one of the most important early predictors of typical and impaired development in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. In the first part of the book, several perspectives on defining inhibitory control are presented. Inhibitory control is described from the point of view of executive functions, functional systems, problem-solving processes and brain mechanisms. The second part of the book includes the author’s original theoretical framework for inhibitory control development, which is based on Lev S. Wygotsky’s cultural-historical psychology. Moreover, difficulties in assessing inhibitory control development are discussed. The final part of the book comprises a presentation and discussion of the results of a research project seeking to test some hypotheses based on the theoretical framework for inhibitory control development.

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