Interpretation of trialectic meaning-making strategies

Abstract

Insights into meaning regulation expand, thus making possible to forecast human behavior with greater accuracy. This is of special importance in overcoming crisis situations in a fast-changing society. A meaning-making strategy defines the direction and content of generated meanings, which control human behavior and attitude to what is happening. To develop a meaning psychology, one should improve the well-known simple schemata of dual interpretation of meaning-making strategies. The next, more complex, yet more adequate level of meaning-making interpretation, is the trialectic approach. The authors of this article propose a theoretical justification to the trialectic model of meaning-making strategies. This theoretical model grounds the following triad of meaning-making strategies: hypoadaptivity strategy, hyperadaptivity strategy and preadaptivity strategy. It permits to better detect the actual human meanings and simulate development of man in today’s world. Determination of such peculiarities enables to carry out multi-variant empirical diagnostic of deeds, attitudes, and behavioral responses.