Theory 52: Reflective Impulsive Model

Number of Constructs: 22
Number of Triples: 36

Theory triples

• Arousal influences Reflective system
• Arousal influences Impulsive system
• Perception influences Behaviour
• Motivational orientation influences Behaviour
• Impulsive system influences Spreading activation
• Perception influences Propositional categorisations
• Propositional categorisations influences Noetic decisions
• Noetic decisions influences Behavioural decision
• Motivational orientation influences Spreading activation
• Truth values influences Relational schemata
• Impulsive system influences Reflective system
• Reflective system influences Impulsive system
• Associative clusters influences Spreading activation
• Relational schemata influences Syllogistic rules
• Syllogistic rules influences Noetic decisions
• Goal influences the 'Intending' to 'Behavioural schemata' Influences relationship
• Behavioural schemata influences Behaviour
• Associative clusters influences Behavioural schemata
• Spreading activation influences Behavioural schemata
• Intending influences Behavioural schemata
• Perception influences Behavioural schemata
• Intending influences Behavioural decision
• Perception influences Spreading activation
• Reflective system influences (*) Behavioural schemata
• Impulsive system influences (*) Behavioural schemata
• Approach type of Motivational orientation
• Avoidance type of Motivational orientation
• Associative clusters part of Impulsive system
• Associative clusters part of Spreading activation
• Experiential state of awareness part of Impulsive system
• Experiential state of awareness part of Spreading activation
• Perception part of Impulsive system
• Perception part of Spreading activation
• Noetic state of awareness part of Reflective system
• Propositional representations part of Reflective system
• Behavioural schemata part of Reflective system

Theory constructs and annotations

• Arousal A state of alertness and readiness for action [ MF:0000012 (Arousal) 52 17 57 ]
• Reflective system A system of information processing that involves reasoning and decision-making on the basis of propositional knowledge [ BCIO:050753 (Reflective mental process) 52 5 ]
• Impulsive system A reflective system that elicits behaviour, based on associations between stimuli and behavioural schemata [ BCIO:050784 (Stimulus-impulse association) 52 ]
• Perception Detection of a relevant stimulus linked directly to behaviour [ MF:0000019 (Perception) 52 5 11 ]
• Behaviour Anything one does in response to internal or external events [ BCIO:036000 (Individual Human Behaviour) 52 50 11 49 42 35 47 43 46 24 25 39 30 ]
• Motivational orientation The mutual influence of changes in the distance (approach vs. avoidance) and valence (positive vs. negative) of mental representations
• Spreading activation Process through which the impulsive system activates behavioural schemata [ BCIO:050234 (Impulse) 52 ]
• Propositional categorisations Categorisations through which semantic concepts emerge from the impulsive system [ BCIO:006131 (Mental categorising) 52 ]
• Noetic decisions Decisions made in the reflective system that draw upon syllogistic rules and evaluations of utility [ BCIO:006047 (Decision) 52 6 57 80 ]
• Behavioural decision A decision made based on a feasibility assessment of the behaviour and the desirability of its possible outcomes [ BCIO:006047 (Decision) 52 6 57 80 ]
• Truth values Correspondence between propositions and states of the world that they are intended to represent
• Relational schemata Mental representations that connect knowledge in the reflective system [ MF:0000031 (Cognitive representation) 52 14 76 ]
• Associative clusters Clusters of elements that represent knowledge; can be arranged hierarchically and represent either concrete or abstract concepts or schemata [ MF:0000031 (Cognitive representation) 52 14 76 ]
• Syllogistic rules Rules that describe the transfer of truth from a premise to a conclusion [ BCIO:050694 (Logical reasoning) 52 ]
• Goal A desired end state towards which one is striving [ BCIO:006049 (Goal) 52 25 53 5 17 67 77 60 ]
• Behavioural schemata Mental representations of incoming physiological or psychological stimuli that give rise to a behaviour [ MF:0000031 (Cognitive representation) 52 14 76 ]
• Intending Process that monitors the impulsive system for information, enabling the behavioural implementation of the decision. [ BCIO:006016 (Behavioural intention) 52 1 66 14 59 73 72 23 77 69 81 74 79 80 3 24 18 ]
• Approach The practice or instance of decreasing the distance between oneself and an aspect of the environment [ BCIO:050841 (Approach behaviour) 52 ]
• Avoidance The practice or instance of increasing the distance between oneself and the environment or removal of the aspect of the environment altogether [ BCIO:036073 (Avoidance behaviour) 52 76 ]
• Experiential state of awareness A specific, subjective feeling of knowing [ BCIO:006015 (Awareness) 52 54 75 ]
• Noetic state of awareness Knowledge that something is or is not the case [ BCIO:006052 (Knowledge) 52 60 9 64 3 14 ]
• Propositional representations Representations that connect one or more elements through the instantiation of relational schemata to which a truth value is attached [ BCIO:050745 (Propositional cognitive representation) 52 ]

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

• Strack, F. & Deutsch, R. (2004). Reflective and Impulsive Determinants of Social Behaviour. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 8(3), 220-247.