Considers aspect of Muchow's work that are relevant for developmental psychology, including her emphasis on the contextual matrix of child behavior, her interest in the sphere of children's action in relation to their cognition of the environment, and methodological implications in her work. (Author/SO)

Presents propositions fundamental to a comprehensive Marxist theory of personality: five premises about the ontological nature of the person and four about underlying expresssive personality characteristics. Differences between the proposed theory and traditional theories are discussed in terms of sociohistorical influence, the nature of…