Our consciousness exists as a huge system of structured information, which is activated by external influences.However, the communication patterns of the world formed by a bizarre law, not subject to the standard laws of logic.Links exist in the human mind on the basis of individually significant "clutches" - associations.What is the association and whether it is so illogical?
old theory
very concept of "association" has appeared in the 17th century, in the works of John Locke, an English philosopher and researcher.He argued that the communication in human consciousness is formed by three principles: similarity, contiguity, and cause and effect of the facts.Basically, nothing new to modern science in this theory is not made.Some areas of the science of the mind, such as Gestalt psychology, does not want to recognize the associative mind, probably due to the unpredictability.
Memory lazy or frugal?
What is the position of the association with cognitive science?If you closely analyze the association of the words, it may be noted that most often form associations by contiguity (in time and space).That is, both seen things often remembered together.Or both events.Human memory is economical, therefore it tends to associate any existing two phenomena causality or reduce all have laws to vision or relate the simultaneous existence of two things or phenomena.
What can be seen in spots?
Usually the direction of building association in the human mind is related to the dominant personality at the moment.That is the fact that the person concerned, it affects consciousness.This principle is based test using Rorschach spots, it allows you to understand what a person thinks mainly.The spots are very vague, a religious man can be seen in one spot of an angel and the other people in the same spot - a picture of the murder.Psychologists interpret this test, known methods of working with associations.What is the association for them?No more than a tool.
Setting solves many
Association are closely related with individual human experience, and therefore are very surprising, unpredictable.They are also associated with the social experience.For example, in today's Prayer is a phrase asking God to protect people from "the devil rushed."Do you think talking about that to hurry a sin?That we have such an association with the word "rushed."And for a person of ancient phrase is meant to serve the enemy of the human race.Thus, the association still reflect human and social experience.
Mother lazy?Child stupid
Many associations from childhood.What is the association for their children?This is a unique piece of experience.The more information all sorts of "digesting" the child, the richer will be his adult experience.And the deeper he will be able to see the connection between objects and phenomena.So you can not keep the baby in a crib or playpen cage all the time, his knowledge of the world is not to be limited to a TV.Make the world your baby a bright and varied that his future was not spoiled by the fact that the mother was lazy to engage with the child, leaving him half-day in the arena.
