The Theory of Set in the Light of Reflex Theory

Abstract

It is well known to all those acquainted with D. N. Uznadze's theory of set [ustanovka] (1) that this theory was meant to answer question of the character and inner structure of human activity [11; 79]. But, as A. T. Bochorishvili correctly noted, we do not yet have clarity in basic concepts. … Soviet psychology cannot yet go so far as to speak of content of basic concept of psychology of set, of content of set itself [5: 15]. As a panacea for overcoming these differences of opinion, Bochorishvili proposes that we widely and actively develop investigations of theoretical bases of psychology of set as D. N. Uznadze understood if (ibid.).