Publication: Representaciones de la vejez (modelos de disminución y de crecimiento)
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1998
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Moñivas Lázaro, Agustin
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Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones
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Nuestro conocimiento sobre la vejez es una representación finita de un aspecto de la realidad -el envejecimiento como proceso del ciclo vital en todas sus dimensiones-
presuntamente infinita. La ciencia, construida con el método científico, es uno de los modos posibles de conocimiento, siendo método científico cualquier método que respete los principios de objetividad, inteligibilidad y dialéctico (se es dialéctico cuando nos arriesgamos a que nuestro conocimiento sea derribado por la experiencia). Pero la ciencia, al ser uno de los componentes de la cultura, ha de tener en cuenta en sus investigaciones a la cultura como variable. Desde esta perspectiva, y partiendo del Prof. Forteza (1993), se analizan las representaciones cognitivas y sociales implícitas en la psicología popular y en las teorías científicas. Nos preguntamos porqué han prevalecido, y todavía prevalecen, los modelos de disminución, si desde la perspectiva del ciclo vital desarrollo significa tanto declive y crecimiento como optimización y adaptabilidad al grado de competencia evolutiva. Por último, criticamos la perspectiva teórica de envejecer con éxito, en la medida en que el éxito continua, en gran parte, definiéndose por lo que prescriben las teorías.
Our knowlege about old age is a finite representation of one aspect of reality -aging as a process of the life cycle along all its dimensions- assumed to be finite. Sci-ence, developed and based on the scientific method, is just one approched to knowledge. The scientific method is any method that respect the objetivity, intelligibility and dialectic principles (we are being dialectic when we take the risk of having our knowledge knocked down by experience). Moreover, science, as an element of culture, must take the latter as a variable. From this perspective, and drawing inspiration from professor Forteza's work (1993), cognitive and social representations implicit in everyday Psychology and scientific theories are analyzed. We raise questions concerning the reason why the decrease models have prevailed despite development means not only growth and decline but also optimization and adaptability to t he degree of competence along one's course of life. Finally, we make a critique of the theoretical approach of successful aging, as success is still defined, to a great extent, by what the theories prescrib.
Our knowlege about old age is a finite representation of one aspect of reality -aging as a process of the life cycle along all its dimensions- assumed to be finite. Sci-ence, developed and based on the scientific method, is just one approched to knowledge. The scientific method is any method that respect the objetivity, intelligibility and dialectic principles (we are being dialectic when we take the risk of having our knowledge knocked down by experience). Moreover, science, as an element of culture, must take the latter as a variable. From this perspective, and drawing inspiration from professor Forteza's work (1993), cognitive and social representations implicit in everyday Psychology and scientific theories are analyzed. We raise questions concerning the reason why the decrease models have prevailed despite development means not only growth and decline but also optimization and adaptability to t he degree of competence along one's course of life. Finally, we make a critique of the theoretical approach of successful aging, as success is still defined, to a great extent, by what the theories prescrib.
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