IMPLICIT THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE AND PERSONALITY AS A PROBLEMATIC FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Abstract
The article is devoted to the theoretical review of implicit theories of intelligence and personality in modern psychology. The article highlights attempts to reveal the content of implicit theories through the concepts and knowledge necessary for orientation in the world. Thus, in philosophy, this knowledge is defined as folk psychology – a set of principles that help people understand, predict and explain the behaviour of others. In psychological science, this knowledge is analysed through the prism of implicit theories, which are unconscious or hidden knowledge that is formed on the basis of experience and social context. The article presents a wide range of studies that demonstrate that the psychological literature uses different terms to describe personal theories of seeing and perceiving the world, which makes it difficult to determine the exact meaning of the concept of “implicit theory”. The article substantiates the position that IT is a system of individual and subjective beliefs about one’s own intelligence and personality, which can be both stable and dynamic, depending on the approach. The study reflects the need for a review of theoretical and empirical research that helps to better understand the nature of implicit theories and their impact on the psychological well-being of individuals.
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