Two models of mental development

• Zbigniew Pietrasiński Uniwersytet Warszawski (Varsovan yliopisto)
• Eeva Siirala
• Timo Toiviainen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33336/aik.96786

Abstract

Of the two models of mental development referred to by the author, one is the prevailing “model of the expert” where the main aim of intellectual education is a wide store of scientific knowledge and the use of expertise in the solving of problems. Thanks to the model, science and technology have developed enormously starting from the Renaissance. The other model is referred to by the author as the model of mental growth of the Ancient times, the “model of the sage”. In this way, the article is an examination the usefulness of the models – on the part of wisdom there is a special emphasis on creative ability to survive – in a person’s life situations and life course. The author uses the models of mental growth for constructing a further synthesis, a model of bipolar expertise.