摘要
物种进化的历史进程中,大脑、认知与行为系统的进化机能利于有机体控制社会、生物与自然资源,而有机体所控制的各种资源又会影响自身的生存与繁衍。社会、生物与自然资源可以相对稳定,也可以变化不定。资源的稳定变化所传递的信息会引起大脑、认知以及行为系统做出模块化的自主反应。资源的稳定变化利于人类整合朴素心理学、朴素生物学与朴素物理学,而资源的变化不定所传达出的信息会引起认知与行为系统有意识地进行自上而下的外显行为反应。人类外显行为反应系统的进化导致人类出现自我意识,并具有探索性解决问题的能力。朴素心理能力、意识与问题解决能力可以整合为动机-控制理论。
The evolved function of brain, cognitive, and behavioral systems is to allow organisms to attempt to gain control of the social, biological, and physical resources that have covaried with survival and reproductive options during the species＇ evolutionary history. The information generated by these resources ranges from stable （e.g., prototypical shape of human face） to unpredictable （e.g., changing facial expressions）. Stable information is predicted to result in the evolution of modular brain and cognitive systems and implicit, automatic behavioral responses. For humans, these systems coalesce around the domains of folk psychology, folk biology, and folk physics. Unpredictable information is predicted to be associated with the evolution of brain and cognitive systems that enable explicit, consciously driven top-down behavioral responses. For humans, the evolution of these explicit systems resulted in the emergence of self-awareness and the ability to consciously simulate control-related problem solving behavioral strategies. A motivation-to-control theory that incorporates these folk domains and conscious, self-aware problem solving is described.
出处
《心理学报》
CSSCI
CSCD
北大核心
2007年第3期383-397,共15页
Acta Psychologica Sinica
