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Dynamics of Studies of the Problem of Correlation of Consciousness, Self-consciousness, ‘I-Concept’, ‘I-Image’ in the Psychology of the Twenty-first Century

D Gunina

KnE Life Sciences November 1, 2018 DOI: 10.18502/kls.v4i8.3295 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Pilot study Peer reviewed
Topics Philosophy of mind
Key points Argues that consciousness, self-consciousness, the 'I-concept', and the 'I-image' can be systematically related through developed criteria and distinguished ontological and epistemological aspects, and proposes a set of categories for analyzing these phenomena in twenty-first-century psychology. A pilot study is said to indicate broad scientific interest in the topic and to show dynamics in that interest over time.

Abstract

The article reveals the problem of theoretical understanding and practical investigation of the relationship between the concepts of consciousness, selfconsciousness, ‘I-concepts’, ‘I-image’. The criteria for the correlation of the concepts of consciousness, self-consciousness, ‘I-concepts’, ‘the I-image’ have been developed. The systematization of the conceptual apparatus, expressed in the clarification of the essence of the phenomena of consciousness, self-consciousness, the ‘I-concept’, the ‘I-image’ as a special form of the processes of isolation and identification of the individual, is made. Ontological and epistemological aspects of the content of concepts of consciousness, self-consciousness, ‘I-conception’, ‘I-image’ are singledout. The results of the pilot study testify to the presence of a broad scientific interest in the subject of consciousness, self-consciousness, the ‘I-concept’, the ‘I-image’ of the individual. The dynamics of the scientific interest in the phenomenon of consciousness, self-consciousness, the ‘I-concept’, the ‘I-image’ of the personality is shown. Investigating the dynamics of the study of the problem of consciousness and self consciousness, the ‘I-concept’, the ‘I-image’ in psychology in the twenty-first century, the author developed categories: the content and structure of the ‘I—concept’ (we-concept) of the individual; self-consciousness of the person; structure of the self-consciousness component of the individual (self-assessment, self-knowledge, self-perception, meanings, self-realization, etc.); self-consciousness as a factor of professional self-determination of a person; the content and structure of the personality of the ‘I-image’ of the individual; ecological self-consciousness of the individual; and the content of the personality consciousness. Keywords: consciousness, self-consciousness, ‘I-concept’, ‘I-image’

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