In the third episode of our series, 'What's Wrong with Western Psychology and how to Fix it?' We explore a new dialectical materialist approach to understanding the emergence of language, complex cognition, and human consciousness.
This video builds on the previous discussions by delving into the process of learning to derive relations, a uniquely human process, which toddlers begin to master around 23 months of age.
We explore how deriving relations leads to the explosion of language abilities and the formation of the unconscious mind.
We also explore the impact of social interactions, conventions and arbitrary cues on relational learning, the role of coherence in our relational networks, and how these processes contribute to the emergence of personal and social identities, all from a scientific perspective that bridges biology, psychology, and social sciences.
This episode offers a comprehensive insight into how the basic processes of relational learning can explain the infinite complexities of human language, complex cognition, identity and consciousness, preparing the ground for a new scientific liberation psychology which we’ll explore in the next video.
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00:00 Introduction to the Series
00:26 Summary of the Previous Videos
03:52 Introduction
04:41 1. Deriving Multiple Relations
08:36 2. Derived Relational Responses and the Unconscious
14:00 3. The Generativity of Language
16:12 4. The Central Role of Coherence
19:05 5. Deriving Relations Changes Behavior
21:45 6. Deriving Relations and Complex Cognition
25:07 7. Types of Relating
28:54 8. How Language Emerged For Humanity
30:01. 9. The Emergence of Complex Cognition
31:28 10. Derived Relational Responses as Praxis
37:40 11. Deriving Relations and Human Consciousness
48:28 12. The Social Nature of Consciousness
52:23 13. Emergence of Personal Identities
56:04 14. Fulfilling Vigotsky’s Programme
01:01:03 Conclusion: A Complex Account from a Simple Process
References:
Marx: The German Ideology. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Marx_The_German_Ideology.pdfEngels: Dialectics of Nature. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/dialectics-nature.pdf
Harte, C. Barnes-Holmes, D. A Primer of Relational Frame Theory. https://balc-i.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ch.-4-Primer-on-RFT-before-proof.pdf
Vygotsky, L. The Collected Works of L. S. Vygotsky
Problems of General Psychology, Including the Volume Thinking and Speech https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4613-1655-8
Hayes, S.C. Making Sense of Spirituality (1984) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232588235_Making_sense_of_spirituality
