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From archetypes to reflective function.

Jean Knox1

  • 1Oxford.

The Journal of Analytical Psychology
|January 15, 2004
PubMed
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This study proposes that mental contents develop through gene-brain-environment interactions, not innate programming. It traces key developmental steps, including schema formation and symbolic capacity, culminating in reflective function.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Challenges the traditional view of innate mental contents.
  • Proposes a developmental model for the emergence of mental contents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a developmental model for mental content emergence.
  • To trace key developmental pathways and processes.
  • To explore the emergence of symbolic and reflective functions.

Main Methods:

  • Developmental pathway analysis.
  • Description of perceptual analysis, representational re-description, and appraisal processes.
  • Exploration of Jung's transcendent function in relation to cognitive processes.

Main Results:

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  • Mental contents emerge from gene-brain-environment interactions.
  • Key developmental steps include image schema formation.
  • Symbolic and reflective functions emerge through described processes.

Conclusions:

  • Mental contents are not innate but developmentally emergent.
  • Processes like perceptual analysis and representational re-description are crucial.
  • Reflective function represents the pinnacle of symbolic capacity.