Open AccessMental states representations: phenomenological and experimental characteristics
Author(s) -
Alexander O. Prokhorov
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
èksperimentalʹnaâ psihologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-7036
pISSN - 2072-7593
DOI - 10.17759/exppsy.2016090203
Subject(s) - associative property , mental representation , context (archaeology) , psychology , cognitive psychology , mental state , quality (philosophy) , computer science , cognitive science , cognition , epistemology , mathematics , pure mathematics , paleontology , philosophy , neuroscience , biology
The article presents the results of a study of phenomenological and experimental characteristics of mental states representations (associative, conceptual, evaluative and imaginative indicators). The methods used to identify explicit and implicit indicators of associative connections in the context of «mental state– situation», for comparison of representations with the dictionary information, semantic differential, and others. The results indicate that mental states representations are formation, having a specific configuration and certain properties associated with the quality of mental state: the spatial organization, nuclear components, variative characteristics, stability of manifestations and independency from situations of human life.