Plenary Lecture
Mathematical Laws of Psychological Dynamics
Professor Alin Gilbert Sumedrea
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
10 Victoriei Avenue, Sibiu
ROMANIA
E-mail: alin.sumedrea@gmail.com
Abstract: The psychological dynamics is governed by strong structures meant to support psychological functionality and by weak structures which are involved in the activation of consciousness. Is it possible to describe mathematically the psychological dynamics of the person? The strong structures present the characteristics of repeatability, measured by constants or recurrences. The weak structures are endowed with specific mechanisms meant to record the tensional effort. In the same time, the psychological dynamics of the person is governed by local and global conservation laws, taking into account Noether’s theorem. The emotional mechanisms, having an important role in the preservation of tensional states, convert the psychological energy into a potential one. Moreover, the emotion manifests itself as a memory of the tensional state. The tensional dynamics of the person is generated by the selection of those strategies – required by the psychological challenges – which minimize regret and amplify pleasure. I have the strong conviction that unaltered functionality of the psychological dynamics is governed by the preservation of certain ancestral constants which are deeply involved in the adaptation of the person to the inquiring environment. One of these constants is the need for psychological stimulation of the person, which has an important role in the unconscious psychological excitation or inhibition of people positioned in a certain area of proximity. The mechanisms of the psychological instances generate psychological dynamics. The human behaviour as a consequence of the parallel functioning of psychological instances is in fact a recipe of variable dosages between psychopathy and depression! The plenary presentation proposes a theory of mathematical psychology, capable of explaining the right functionality of psychological instances and psychological dysfunctions.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Alin Gilbert SUMEDREA, Ph.D in Psychology (1998), Ph.D in Statistics (1993), is Professor at the Faculty of Social-Human Sciences, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, ROMANIA. He is also Head of the Psychological Research Centre, Sibiu, ROMANIA. The scientific activity is represented by 60 published scientific papers and 9 books. Research activity: 17 finalized research projects. He was director for 5 research projects. Current research interests include: Applications of differential geometry in psychology; Mathematical modelling of psychological processes.