PSYCHOLOGY OF TRANSITIVITY: TYPES OF SPACE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHRONOTOPE

Abstract

The absence of a single universal concept of mixed “reality” suggests the importance of context for its understanding and interpretation. The psychological context of understanding the space of mixed reality or mixed space in the psychology of transitivity is analyzed using the construct “psychological chronotope”. It is established that the presence of an objective space-time continuum of mixed reality in the structure of the chronotope does not always guarantee its representation at the subjective level, which indicates the heterochrony of its objective and subjective components. It is provided that a person perceives and experiences overlaps and intersections of the real and virtual dimensions as a single space-time continuum at the subjective level, it will be experienced as a continuum of mixed reality. In the case of heterochrony, the real and virtual space-time continuums are perceived and experienced at the subjective level as non-intersecting online and offline realities. To define mixed reality in a socio-psychological context, the key point is the emotional component – the attitude and human experience of his living environment as a mixed reality. An attempt is made to transfer the research focus to such a property of the chronotope as heterotopy and use the concept of heterotopy by M. Foucault as a tool for analyzing the space of virtual reality. In scientific or artistic reflection, the appeal to heterotopia in solving research problems is associated with the opposition of a certain space to other existing spaces and endowing it with the features of “otherness”. This creates an opportunity to display the semantic versatility of the space under study through the identification and interpretation of the meanings embedded in its understanding. It is emphasized that the very structure of the chronotope does not imply homogeneity and includes many different spaces. Therefore, the concept of psychological chronotope can be considered relevant and selfsufficient for their analysis