REPRESENTATION AS A PRODUCT AND AS A PROCESS OF SOCIAL COGNITION

Abstract

Examines the relationship of such psychological categories as consciousness, self-consciousness and representation. It is shown that one of the motives for studying representation is the study of human abilities, awareness and understanding of the world and ourselves. Opened social determinism both the content and the submission process. It is proved that the representation, from the beginning, it is an active, ever-changing process in time, manifesting itself not only in a state of active rest, but also in a state forming activity of changing, generating represents. The article discusses the role of internal and external, congenital and acquired in the development of the submission. It is proved that the representation has an innate basis. Outstanding primary and secondary levels of development of the submission, given the criteria and characteristics, the prerequisites of each level, it shows that they do not occur simultaneously. Indicates that the selected criteria applies equally to the representations yourself and to the representations of the world. It is concluded that a congenital basis acts as a nucleus for further development of these representations, and allows you to present and interpret the physical world and themselves ahead of the ability to be active in it.

Keywords

• representations yourself and to the representations of the world, metarepresentations, phylogenetic background, anticipation, subjectivity, mental activity