Index to the Journal of Russian and East European Psychology Volume 31 (January-December 1993)

Over the past twenty years there have been so many newly revealed facts and theoretical developments in the field of the psychology of emotions that, as C. Izard [14] remarked, one would be fully justified in speaking about a revolution in this area. While the motivating role of emotion remains unquestioned (and, furthermore, confirmed by the new data), the earlier idea that emotions have disorganizing and disadaptive effects has been replaced with the notion that emotions are a major adaptive mechanism. Thus, C. Izard asserts, "A fundamental principle of human behavior is that emotions energize and organize perception, thinking, and action" [14, p. 25]. All emotions, he says, have adaptive functions that developed over the course of evolution.     

Author Index to Journal of Russian and East European Psychology: Volume 44 (January-December 2006)

I had occasion, in the late 1930s, to address directly the question of how to teach beginners to read. By then I was a relatively mature psychologist and a pupil of Vygotsky, and had already been teaching for several years in the primary grades. My practical work convinced me of the difficulties of teaching beginners to read and of the deep contradictions between method and the scientific data accumulated in linguistics and psychology—ideas that could be tested only many years later.     

Distinguished Lecture: Anthropology and the Theoretical and Paradigmatic Significance of the Collapse of Soviet and East European Communism

This essay was delivered as the Distinguished Lecture at the 90th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 23,1991, in Chicago, Illinois.     

Subject Index to Soviet Psychology and Psychiatry,Volume II

A municipal consultation center for psychological and pedagogical assistance to parents and educators has been functioning publicly in the city of Komsomol'sk-na-Amur since 1977 (a social laboratory for the study and elimination of the causes of aberrant behavior in children, adolescents, and youth).     

Reviews in English of Recent Soviet Psychology: A Bibliography

General Reviews (Arranged Chronologically): Mintz, A. Recent developments in psychology in the USSR. Ann. Rev. Psychol., 1958, 9, 453-504.     

Conservation of endemic species from the Russian Far East using seed cryopreservation

A seed response to cryopreservation has been studied in 11 endemic plant species from the Russian Far East to determine the possibility of their long-term storage. It has been shown that the cryogenic treatment does not kill seeds. The viability of 10 species did not decrease (or even increased) after their cryogenic storage. We have not revealed any deviations in the development of plants germinated from seeds stored at an extremely low temperature (−196°C). To monitor germination after long-term storage, procedures of seed germination under laboratory conditions have been developed. The results of this study contribute to the creation of low-temperature seed banks, able to conserve and restore a floral biological diversity.     

The 24Th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Tasks of Soviet Psychology

Congresses of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union are central events for Soviet society, for they adopt general lines of attack on the problems Soviet leaders view as centrally important. This brief statement concerning psychology makes very clear the role that psychology is asked to play in such areas as increasing labor productivity and improving the techniques of upbringing for the nation's youth.     

A New Genus of the Family Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera,Chalcidoidea) from the Russian Far East

A new genus Tachingousagen. n. with the type species Tachingousa trjapitzinisp. n. is described from the Russian Far East. The new genus is similar to Lyubana Bou?ek, 1991, from which it may be distinguished by a large antennal clava, equal in length to the last 4 funicular segments and with a large micropilosity area, propodeum with convex nucha without distal (arcuate) costula connected with plicae.     

A survey of East Palaearctic Lycosidae (Araneae). 7. A new species of Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908 from the Russian Far East

Acantholycosa azarkinaesp. n. is described from the Maritime Province of Russia on the basis of both sexes. Acantholycosa norvegica (Thorell, 1872) is reported from the Maritime Province for the first time. A key and illustrations to all six species that occur in Far East Asia are provided.     

Coprology of Panthera tigris altaica and Felis bengalensis euptilurus from the Russian Far East

Fecal samples from the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and the Amur cat (Felis bengalensis euptilurus) from Far Eastern Russia, were examined for parasites. A natural sedimentation methodology was used and a complete examination of all the sediment was performed. This fecal investigation allowed us to isolate and identify several developmental stages of gastrointestinal, hepatic, and respiratory parasites. Five parasites were found from P. t. altaica: 11 trematodes (Platynosomum fastosum) and 4 nematodes (Strongyloides sp., Ancylostomatidae, Toxascaris leonina, and Toxocara cati). Five parasites were found from F. b. euptilurus: 1 cestode (Diplopylidium sp.) and 4 nematodes (Trichuris sp., Ancylostomatidae, Toxascaris leonina, and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus). In addition, trophozoites of the amoeba Acanthamoeba sp. were detected in tiger feces.     

A description of the larva and pupa of Trox mandli (Coleoptera, Trogidae) from the Russian Far East

The previously unknown larvae of Trox mandli Balthasar of the family Trogidae are described and illustrated. The larva of T. mandli Balthasar differs from that of T. sabulosus (Linnaeus) in shape of the setae on abdominal tergite I, and from that of T. scaber (Linnaeus), in the chaetotaxy of the epipharynx. A key to the known larvae of the genus Trox Fabricius from the Russian Far East is given.