Article

Name: On the psycholinguistic theory of consciousness

Authors: A. A. Yakovlev

Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation

In the section Linguistics

Abstract: The paper discusses the model of individual human consciousness, which can be the basis for psycholinguistic research of various types. Among all the properties of consciousness, the most important for psycholinguistics is the anticipatory reflection of reality and its biased na-ture. It is proposed to distinguish (although with a certain degree of conventionality) the fol-lowing levels of consciousness: 1. the neurophysiologic level; 2. the level of a direct reflec-tion of reality in behavior; 3. the level of reflection of reality mediated by tools and index signs; 4. the level of reflection of reality mediated by ideal objects and quasi-objects; 5. the level of free actions not related to immediate needs of a person. The simultaneous action of these levels provides a variety of forms of consciousness. Consciousness is presented as an open multilevel self-developing functional system, with its composition and interconnections of levels and units not set a priori, not unchanged and depending on factors of both internal and external order.

Keywords: psycholinguistics, consciousness, advanced reflection, ideal, transformed form

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