THEORY OF MIND AS THE NEW RESEARCH PARADIGM IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY Cover Image

МОДЕЛЬ ПСИХИЧЕСКОГО КАК НОВАЯ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКАЯ ПАРАДИГМА КОГНИТИВНОЙ ПСИХОЛОГИИ
THEORY OF MIND AS THE NEW RESEARCH PARADIGM IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Author(s): Elena Alekseevna Sergienko
Subject(s): Psychology, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Individual Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: theory of mind; paradigms in psychology; post-nonclassical scientific paradigm; common psychology; conceptualization; subjective inner world;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this work is to validate the concepts of the theory of mind as a new research paradigm that allows to conceptualize the inner world of a person, opening the way to the study of everyday psychology. The origins of and predecessors for the development of a new approach in cognitive psychology are analyzed. The theory of mind can be assigned to the general scientific post-nonclassical type of paradigm. New research possibilities of studying the mental capacity to understand the world in children and adults are shown based on the author's own research in collaboration with colleagues and the latest results from the psychological world. The conclusion is made about the high productivity of the new paradigm, as well as its research capabilities in the study of the subjective world and social cognition.

  • Issue Year: 157/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 265-279
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Russian