The Discursive Mind Model

• Authors: Katarzyna Stemplewska-Żakowicz , Bartosz Zalewski , Hubert Suszek , Dorota Kobylińska , Bartosz Szymczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper proposes the model of discursive mind and describes the cognitive architecture of the dialogically structured mind. The model draws on Hermans’ (1999) theory of the dialogical self (DS) and Wertsch’s (1991) vision of mind as a “tool kit” with socio-cultural instruments, and also on the socio-cognitive approach to personality in experimental psychology. An I-position is understood here as an active totality of experience, shaped in a particular social context and represented in a separate representation module. Th ere are many modules in the mind because in the course of socialization, the individual comes across many different social contexts. Th e described model and its preliminary empirical verification not only gives support to the DS theory, but can also be a leverage of its contribution to general theories of mind stemming from other theoretical traditions

Keywords

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dialogical self; positioning; I-position; cognitive architecture; discursive mind; shared knowledge; cognitive-affective resources

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Psychology of Language and Communication
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-21

Dates

published

2014-05-01

online

2014-05-02

Contributors

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Katarzyna Stemplewska-Żakowicz

• Helena Chodkowska University of Management and Law, Warsaw

author

Bartosz Zalewski

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw

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Hubert Suszek

• Hubert Suszek, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland

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Dorota Kobylińska

• University of Warsaw

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Bartosz Szymczyk

• Helena Chodkowska University of Management and Law, Warsaw

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/plc-2014-0001