The psychic world of any living being is deep and full of mysteries. For an example, there is no need to go far: the perceptive psyche . It represents the development at the highest stage of mental reflection. If we talk about the mental health of our smaller brothers, we can distinguish between intellect, elementary sensory and, of course, the perceptual psyche as a stage in the development of their mental world. Based on the study of the perceptual psyche of the animal world, many discoveries were made about the mental processes of man according to the rule from the smaller to the larger.
Stage of intelligence, sensory and perceptual psyche
The main feature of the stage of intelligence is the ability of a living being to solve problems (for example, a monkey trying to get a banana that is outside its cell). For the sensory period, characteristic of the behavior of animals is that it is due to the direct effects of the properties of objects, the environment on their body. At this stage, the appearance of auditory, visual, tangential analyzers, and smell is seen. The level of their development largely depends on the specific features of the conditions in which the vital activity of the creatures takes place. So, for example, a bee can distinguish the shape and color of flowers, but geometric shapes - no.
As for the perceptual stage of the development of the psyche, during this period important changes occur in the life of mammals in the processes of generalization of object images and discrimination. It is with the development of the integrative zone of the cortex of the cerebral hemispheres that the development of generalization is connected.
The lowest level of perceptual psyche
This level is typical for arthropods and cephalopods. The main qualities that determine the stage of their mental development (a peculiar level of life, a variety of motor activity), cause these beings to develop specific senses. For example, mollusks are endowed with objective perception .
The highest level of perceptual psyche
This level was reached only by some representatives of vertebrates. There is a highly developed mental activity. This is due to the complicated structure of the nervous system, various forms of motion, etc. The main manifestations of their mental activity are:
- complex skills;
- manipulation;
- visual generalization;
- implementation of activities.