Winslow Mika, Gabora Liane
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Fipke Centre for Innovative Research, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 27;13:905446. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.905446. eCollection 2022.
We re-examine the long-held postulate that there are two modes of thought, and develop a more fine-grained analysis of how different modes of thought affect conceptual change. We suggest that cognitive development entails the fine-tuning of three dimensions of thought: abstractness, divergence, and context-specificity. Using a quantum cognition modeling approach, we show how these three variables differ, and explain why they would have a distinctively different impacts on thought processes and mental contents. We suggest that, through simultaneous manipulation of all three variables, one spontaneously, and on an ongoing basis, tailors one's mode of thought to the demands of the current situation. The paper concludes with an analysis based on results from an earlier study of children's mental models of the shape of the Earth. The example illustrates how, through reiterated transition between mental states using these three variables, thought processes unfold, and conceptual change ensues. While this example concerns children, the approach applies more broadly to adults as well as children.
我们重新审视了长期以来存在的关于存在两种思维模式的假设，并对不同思维模式如何影响概念变化进行了更细致的分析。我们认为认知发展需要对思维的三个维度进行微调：抽象性、发散性和情境特异性。使用量子认知建模方法，我们展示了这三个变量是如何不同的，并解释了为什么它们会对思维过程和心理内容产生截然不同的影响。我们认为，通过同时操纵所有三个变量，一个人会自发地、持续地根据当前情况的需求调整自己的思维模式。本文最后基于早期一项关于儿童对地球形状的心理模型的研究结果进行了分析。这个例子说明了如何通过使用这三个变量在心理状态之间反复转换，思维过程得以展开，概念变化随之发生。虽然这个例子涉及儿童，但该方法更广泛地适用于成年人和儿童。
