An Investigation of How People of Different Age, Sex, and Temperament Estimate the World
@article{Trofimova1999AnIO,
title={An Investigation of How People of Different Age, Sex, and Temperament Estimate the World},
author={Irina Trofimova},
journal={Psychological Reports},
year={1999},
volume={85},
pages={533 - 552}
}Results of a study on 167 subjects demonstrated that the basic semantic structure of consciousness is associated with a person's temperament, age, and sex. Concrete particularities of estimations and structure of the semantic space depend upon these biologically based characteristics. The results suggest the presence of a phenomenon of “projection through capacities”: when a person registers only those aspects of objects or situation that he can properly react to and deal with in their own…
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