1) PhD Student, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russia, Moscow, p.umanskaya@yandex.ru 2) Doctor Habil. (Linguistics), Associate Professor, Head and Leading Research Fellow of the Centre of Emerging Practices, Institute of Sci-entific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Department of Applied and Experimental Linguistics, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia, Moscow, komalova@inion.ru
The paper explores the cognitive image of a conflict situation in the minds of ado-lescents through the perception of model conflict situations between an adolescent and a parent by the subjects of the study. The research framework is based on the premise that the cognitive image associates an abstract concept with the material world, fills it with content and fixates it in the universal subject code of thinking. Conflicts with parents are a natural component of growing up, separation and per-sonality development, in this regard, the cognitive image of a conflict situation will serve as a preset in any similar situation. The research procedure relies on P. Verges method. The association experiment involved 20 female and 20 male adolescents and relied on complex audiovisual stimuli. The authors argue that “biological sex” determines the cognitive image of a conflict situation: female adolescents tend to show empathy towards the participants, relate to their emotions; in the worldview of male adolescents, conflict is a natural and rational way to achieve their goals. The structure of the cognitive image of a conflict situation can be characterized as most indicative and complete in cases when the biological sex of the subject coincides with the sex of the adolescent featured in the stimulus material.
cognitive image; conflict situation; developmental psychology; association experi-ment; verbal associations.
Download textFor citing: Umanskaya P.A., Komalova L.R. (2025) Modeling the cognitive image of a conflict situation between an adolescent and a parent considering ‘biological sex’ factor. Ethnopsycholinguistics. Moscow. INION RAN.Vol. 3 (22). pp. 38-60. DOI: 10.31249/epl/2025.03.03