General psychological model for the structure of human psyche: mental processes, mental states, psychic properties. /part 2/

The mobility of human thought, the speed of imagination, the play of emotions, the struggle of motives or the power of will - all are facts as obvious as universal, as indisputable as ubiquitous. The mental phenomena that express and represent the most active, the most up - to - date and the most dynamic side of psychic reality, mental life and mental reflection are called psychic processes. In turn, mental processes are divided into three groups, namely cognitive processes; emotional processes; behavioral / voluntary / processes. Through mental processes, man and other beings know the outside world and adapt to it. Knowledge is adequate adaptation. Mental processes are an ideal subjective image of external symbols. The main psychic processes are: subjective image and ideal image.

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The first group of mental processes, as their name implies, has the basic function of knowledge. Cognitive psychic processes are distinguished from other psychic processes, above all by the fact that psychic reflection takes place in the form of an image - a subjective cognitive image. This cognitive process has no specific content, that is, has no own cognitive image. Attention, mental reflection is done through the subjective images of other cognitive processes - perception, memory, thought, etc. . Cognitive psychic processes are: feeling; perception; idea; thinking. Thinking on its side is accomplished through several other categories: attention; memory; imagination. Thinking is creative. The second group of psychic processes are the emotional mental processes that are expressions of attitude. In traditional psychology, emotional processes have two classifications: - incentives to meet biological needs - emotions common to both man and animals; feelings that are related to thinking and in turn are divided intellectually and morally; - incentives of strength and duration - a mood that is long and pronounced; affects that are short but strong; passions that are strong and prolonged. When considering this group of mental processes, it is good to make a terminological explanation between the notions of "emotions" and "feelings".

These are often used in psychology as identical. It is believed that emotions are close to the instincts that are related to the work of the subculture; feelings are seen as the activity of the hemispheres of the large hemispheres, which in man is always associated with the second signaling system. Feelings are a product of human development under the conditions of public life. Emotion is the work of instinct, and the feeling of sorrow, grief, and so on. is associated with difficulty in the activity of large hemispheres; feelings are related to the uppermost part of the brain and all are attached to the second signaling system. Unlike emotions, feelings are related to needs emerging in the course of the historical development of mankind. The emergence of feelings is conditioned by the public being of man. At the core of the feelings are above all needs related to the relation between the people: the need for communication, the fulfillment of the social requirements, the activity that enjoys the respect of the society, etc. Feelings are inextricably linked with all so-called cultural / spiritual / needs. Human emotions are also related to the organic needs that, of course, exist in humans. However, man's emotions still differ materially from the emotions of the living, since they are the emotions of a social being. From the conditions of social life, only the forms in which human emotions are manifested depend, the ability to control their behavior when experiencing emotions and the ways in which they meet the needs. Feelings unlike emotions are inherent only to man. They are of a historical nature. The word sense in everyday life and literature is used in many ways.

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