1. Introduction

2. Processes of Change: The "How" of Cognitive Development

3. The Sociocultural Context of Cognitive Development

II. The Development of Specific Higher Mental Functions in Social Context

4. Acquiring Knowledge: Intersubjectivity, Joint Attention, and Social Referencing

5. Remembering: The Social Construction of the Past

6. Solving and Learning to Solve Problems in Social Context

7. Constructing the Future: Planning in Social Context

8. Conclusions and Future Directions