The concept of "imagination" is familiar to many. Everyone is well aware that a person lives, and not only contemplates this world. In addition to the fact that people learn about the surrounding space, they are also engaged in its change.
What is imagination?
Absolutely every person, without suspecting it, is engaged in the transformation of nature, involuntarily creates objects and improves life. All this would not have been possible if people could not evaluate and present the results of their activities. In order to engage in the transformation of your life and the world as a whole, in practice, you must first mentally imagine everything. This is where the concept of imagination comes from. Psychological processes in this direction play a very important role. A person creates new images due to the processing of the received materials and previously accumulated information. Only humans can exercisepresentation of the expected result. Animals don't do this, so they follow inert behavior.
The influence of the power of imagination
The human imagination has a close relationship with all aspects of life. It is closely related to memory, as it relies on memory at the moment of processing information and, on the basis of this, translates thoughts into an imaginary picture. There is also a close connection between imagination and thinking. This is very clearly manifested at the moment of a problem situation, when a person is faced with uncertainty or he does not have the conditions for solving a particular problem. When problematic situations occur, a person's thinking is responsible for the imagination, and it thus motivates a person for consumer needs.
In psychology, imagination is the process of creating new thoughtforms or images based on those that already existed.
Images
The mental activity of a person is aimed at creating various images of the imagination, the main of which are described below.
- The image that displays the objective reality. The essence lies in the fact that the material realization of the object takes place, in fact, this is an objective representation of the surrounding world. Absolutely every person can freely imagine various views and landscapes that cannot be found in big cities. But mentally a person can move to this alternative reality in order to relax for a while andsatisfy your imagination.
- Symbolic imagination. Its essence lies in the symbolic representation, which has no specifics and material evidence. Operating with symbols is a great way to understand the very complex reality of a person in his imagination. This kind of thinking is creative, in this way a person imagines things that are not quite real or have never been used before, but now the imagination has every chance to supplement reality with new elements.
Imagination functions
Planning. It is the future result that enables the human brain to initially create a certain subject of imagination.
- Knowledge. When something new begins to emerge in the imagination, something that is still outside the existing one.
- Adaptation or adaptive function. If you plunge into the psychology of the child, you can notice a very conflicting situation associated with an excess of external information and a lack of funds that will allow this to be explained and combined with the environment. At such a moment, the child's brain begins to counter the flow of information from outside with the help of imagination. This state is of great interest. You can trace it on the example of a child's awareness of fairy tales. After listening to the story, he learned something new and unusual for himself. After a while in the same story, he will be able to find for himself new moments for perception. Some functions of the imagination are well traced in childhood.
- Children very oftentell creepy stories. This is primarily due to the fact that children's fear manifests its essence at a certain stage in a child's life. For example, images from the past are supplemented with new information, and the imagination begins to work.
Human awareness is inherently very active, so at the moment of creating new images, the imagination really begins to engage in the involuntary production of fantasy. Often this happens while the person is asleep or half asleep.
Types of Imagination
Arbitrary imagination, in turn, is a deliberate process of building an image, and this is associated with a goal in a certain activity. In order to carry out this type of activity, it is necessary to consciously create an image and only based on its motives will the result be visible. Voluntary imagination arises at an early age and develops very well during children's games.
Also, the concept of imagination differs in the degree of uniqueness. According to this, it is reproductive and creative. The peculiarity of the first type lies in the fact that for a person specially create new images for him, but those that already exist or existed earlier in different cultures. The essence of the reconstruction of the image can be hidden and take its origins in a verbal description. Due to this, the perception of the image occurs, and the person presents a certain scheme or picture. Creative imagination plays an important role in human life. This way of thinking allows the individual to exchangean experience that was achieved by completely different people.
Creative imagination
Special attention is paid to the development of creative imagination. It is the most unique. This is an independent creation of new images, they have not been seen anywhere and have not been heard before. All this is created in the head and, therefore, the product of vital activity turns out to be original. This process of thinking with an original image has no reliance on finished works or previously described. This kind of imagination is perhaps the most important of all kinds. This is a kind of engine of creative activity.
What is a dream?
Dream is a special form of human imagination. It is always clearly directed to the future. It is the dream that provides a person with the opportunity to plan, set goals and achieve them. Those images that are created by an individual in dreams are very bright, concrete and alive. Dreams are emotionally rich and become attractive to the subject. But, in turn, they are not always useful. Only those that are connected with the present can be considered useful and achievable. If these are fantasies that cannot be realized in any way in life, then this can lead to serious mental anxieties and even insanity. Very often there are questions that are related to the process of stimulation and creation of new ways of imagining. In order for an idea to appear in a person’s head, an imaginary activity needs an impulse. What should happen in a person's life, after whichnew ideas and original images? Psychologists work tirelessly to find the answer to this question and thus make the process of imagination more predictable. They are trying to find ways to solve the problem associated with the methods of imagining. All those methods that were previously considered in psychology were illuminated by Freud in psychoanalysis. But this was not enough for modern man.
Associative imagination
Psychologists began to pay special attention to free-associative imagination. This technique allows the full use of the imagination, allowing it to stimulate the creative process itself and thus create a mechanism that affects the very hearth of fantasizing. Psychologists immediately developed several mechanisms that allow this to be done. In psychology, imagination is a reflection of reality, which is presented in new unusual forms.
Mechanisms of imagination
- Concentration. The mechanism, which is associated with special attention to what is happening in the image, allows you to understand the problem in more depth, since it considers its full content.
- Move. Psychologists have repeatedly proved the fact that during sleep a person sees a distorted image. All people or objects that exist in the real world in a dream look completely different, and the attitude towards them is different. This is how incredible superheroes appear in dreams.
- Abstract imagination. This is veryunusual obstructive content of a particular image. This method of exposure is very often created as a result of the use of various kinds of metal. When a person uses his imagination, he first of all begins to use his latent creative potential. In order to characterize a person's attitude to the world, it is very important to get acquainted with his fanaticism. Such people are very attentive to the surrounding objects in order to create an unusual picture in their head and then move to an alternative reality. But in our time, a lot of people are faced with real situations where their fantasies and imaginations go beyond, and these will not be very pleasant situations. The role of imagination in human life is very significant. It is it that can play a cruel joke with the individual and force him to show his essence at the moment when there was a meeting with fear. People with a strong imagination are very suspicious and receptive. Creative people very often get lost in their thoughts and do not pay attention to the world around them. They concentrate on their fantasies and thoughts and therefore do not notice others.
Imagination Games
The concept of "imagination" is often mentioned in child psychology. After all, in babies it manifests itself most clearly and openly. The main task of parents is to direct the child's imagination in a creative direction. There are many imaginative games for children. For example, you can compose interesting positive stories together. There is another technique -to tell any fairy tale in reverse, or even invent a new one.
