"今ここで"を超越する心理学
1Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Post Office Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. niralib@post.tau.ac.il
まとめ
人間の抽象的思考は,時間,空間,社会的な文脈における私たちの直接的な経験を超えて,精神的に旅することを可能にします. この認知能力は,私たちがさまざまな状況をどのように予測,評価,計画するかの鍵です.
科学分野:
- 認知心理学とは,認知心理学である.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学とは
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
背景:
- 人間は,過去/未来の出来事,他者の視点,仮説的なシナリオを含む,直接的な現在を超えた状況としばしば関わります.
- この"ここと今"を超越する能力は,精神的なタイムトラベルと視点の捉えのための認知的メカニズムを示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 人間が精神的に時間,空間,社会,仮説的な距離を移動することを可能にする認知メカニズムを調査する.
- この直接的な経験の超越における抽象的な情報処理の役割を探求する.
主な方法:
- メンタル・ディスタンス・トラバースに関する既存の心理学的研究のレビュー.
- 異なる種類の距離 (時間的,空間的,社会的,仮説的) で処理の類似性を調べる研究の分析.
主要な成果:
- 個人がさまざまな距離を精神的に移動する方法には,大きな重なりがあります.
- 抽象的な情報処理は,これらの異なる距離を横断することを基礎とするコアメカニズムとして識別されます.
- この抽象的な処理能力は,近い状況と遠い状況の両方の予測,評価,計画に影響を与えます.
結論:
- 抽象的な思考に対する人間の能力は,直接的な経験を超越するために不可欠です.
- 抽象処理の理解は,さまざまな文脈で予測,評価,計画に関する洞察を提供します.
- この認知能力は,幅広い状況で柔軟かつ適応的な関与を可能にします.
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