Everyone knows that between the world around us, and those images that we arise in his perception, there is a very significant difference.The reason for this is the presence of a person of such a phenomenon as the imagination.Human imagination is as it were of two main components.The first element of it - a memory which stores images of the past reality, which remained a particular person.The second - a fantasy, the level of which is individual.Due to the fact that both of these properties are unique to each, then the imagination is also a subjective property
Because of this individuality, decided to allocate the following types of imagination:
1) rational fantasy of this kind of imagination, which is characterized by the fact that reflectsin human consciousness is only the most essential, the most memorable part of the object.It is this kind of imagination in which the adequacy of the display object in consciousness, is largely determined by the characteristics of the object itself (remember or not);
2) an illusion - kind of imagination that is inherent in the adoption of the visibility of the real essence;
3) a hoax in which there is deliberate distortion of reality.
All types of imaging can also be classified on the basis of the diversity of their causes.It is isolated species such as where each has its own particular imagination.Here are some of them:
- involuntary imagination, which is characterized, as a rule, when a person reduces the control over their own thoughts and attention.Such imagination occurs "by itself" and inherent to people at an early stage in life, in childhood or early adolescence.Very often it occurs in a dream or half asleep.A distinctive feature of such involuntary representations is their relationship with other "residual" images of consciousness, resulting in fixation of the performance is very weak;
- arbitrary imagination regarded psychology as active.Intentional imagination.It began to develop in early childhood, in the course of the games that require taking on any role.The pursuit of "the role of truthfulness' contributes to the activity, which finds application in the future life, when a person becomes necessary to make their own decisions, set goals and map out ways to solve them;
- reproductive imagination manifests itself when a person needs to create an image of something of such a thing before he had ever seen and what is not experienced, but knows exactly what exists in nature.Thanks to him, a man afford to reconstruct the past or present landscapes of distant countries;
- imagination, as opposed to recreating creates new images and samples of reality.Thus such a person can be formed in such a way that it can create in your mind something already previously created other / their people, but he can about it and do not know.
- dream man is a phenomenon which is as it brings together all kinds of imagination in determining the stability of the wholeness, concentrated reflecting its aspirations, life orientation, values.
Acting complex, or priority of any one, but one way or another, all kinds of imagination, accompany the person throughout the entire period of his life.This explains the variety of functions that they act out in it.
consider the function of imagination in the psychology of the following:
Cognitive, which manifests itself in the fact that imagination contributes to the accumulation and retention of knowledge.
Generation, which consists in the fact that imagination contributes to the accumulation of diverse information, images, facts in the human mind.
Synthetic manifested in the ability of imagination "to lay down" a set of isolated components of whole image, a dream.
anticipation function allows a person on the basis of previous experience embodied in the images to anticipate and even predict possible developments in the future.
Regulatory function is shown as a tool for correction of human thought and behavior based on, again, the prevailing image of his social experience.
function emotional impact manifested in the influence of the prevailing imaginary images to everyday human behavior, and they can both contribute to, for example, creative activity, and detract from the performance of professional duties.
