?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=THE+LAW+OF+SELF-REFLEXION%3A+A+Possible+Unified+Explanation+for+the+Three+Different+Psychological+Phenomena&rft.creator=Lefebvre%2C+Vladimir+A.&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.description=%09The+centuries-old+philosophical+idea+that+man+has+an+image+of+the+self+containing+an+image+of+the+self+(of+the+second+order)+obtains+a+new+life+in+the+mathematical+model+of+the+subject+possessing+reflexion.+One+assumption+underlying+the+model+is+that+the+subject+tends+to+generate+patterns+of+behavior+such+that+some+kind+of+similarity+is+established+between+the+subject+himself+and+his+second+order+image+of+the+self.+We+demonstrate+that+this+model+allows+a+single+explanation+for+three+diverse%2C+experimentally+observed+phenomena%3A+(a)+the+nonlinear+relation+between+magnitude+estimation+and+categorization+of+identical+stimuli+(Parducci%2C+Stevens%2C+Galanter)%2C+(b)+the+avoidance+of+the+value+of+0.5+in+estimating+stimuli+equidistant+from+two+samples+on+a+psychological+scale+(Poulton%2C+Simmonds)%2C+and+(c)+the+formal+correspondence+between%2C+on+the+one+hand%2C++frequency+of+choice+for+particular+alternatives+and%2C+on+the+other%2C+reinforcement+rate%2C+found+in+some+experiments+with+animals+and+people+(Herrnstein%2C+Baum).+The+results+obtained+allow+us+to+hypothesize+that+the++reflexive+metaphor+represents+a+general+principle+for+regulation+of+both+human+and+animal+behavior.&rft.publisher=RAS+Institute+of+Psychology&rft.contributor=Lepsky%2C+V.E.&rft.date=2002-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2927%2F1%2FThe_Law_of_Self-Reflexion.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lefebvre%2C+Vladimir+A.++(2002)+THE+LAW+OF+SELF-REFLEXION%3A+A+Possible+Unified+Explanation+for+the+Three+Different+Psychological+Phenomena.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2927%2F