Psikolojide Kavramlar ve Üstün/Özel (Zekâ, Potansiyel, Yetenek) Kavramına Psiko-Felsefî Açıdan Bakış

Abstract

Correct and appropriate use of words and concepts is considered as one of the primary conditions for the logical progress of the scientific process. The culture and society to which the sciences, theories, methods and concepts belong, even the psychological conditions of people who founded and used them and the historical process of the society and culture in question are also very important determinants in this regard. The confusion in the words and concepts of any discipline may disrupt the scientific development of that field as it will affect the discipline itself in the same way. Accordingly, the reflection of the concept confusion, which is formed by using different concepts such as ‘gifted’, ‘talented’ and ‘potential’ almost in the same meanings, affects the development adversely in many ways. In this article, it is aimed that the complexity should be discussed in the frame of cultural psychology and by that way the phenomenons and the kinds which aren’t still in the mainstream psychology but related to the subject like ‘reason’ should be ordered and examined in cultural sensitive.