RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2690710.22363/2313-1683-2021-18-2-332-345THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETYЧЕЛОВЕК И ОБЩЕСТВОResearch ArticleRepresentations in Intergroup Relations: Reflexivity, Meta-Representations, and InterobjectivityПредставления в межгрупповых отношениях: рефлексивность, метапредставления и интеробъективностьWagnerWolfgangВагнерВольфганг

Ph.D., currently is professor of social psychology

Ph.D., профессор социальной психологии в Институте психологии

wolfgang.wagner@ut.eeRaudseppMaarisРаудсеппМаарис

Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International and Social Studies in the School of Governance

Ph.D., старший научный сотрудник Института международных и социальных исследований факультета управления, права и общества

maaris.raudsepp@tlu.eeUniversity of TartuТартуский университетTallinn UniversityТаллиннский университет25082021182Theory of Social Representations around the WorldРазвитие теории социальных представлений в России и мирe33234501072021Copyright ©; 2021, Wagner W., Raudsepp M.Copyright ©; 2021, Вагнер В., Раудсепп М.2021Wagner W., Raudsepp M.Вагнер В., Раудсепп М.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/26907

Social and cultural groups are characterised by shared systems of social objects and issues that constitute their objective reality and their members' identity. It is argued that interpersonal interactions within such groups require a system of comprehensive representations to enable concerted interaction between individuals. Comprehensive representations include bits and pieces of the interactant's representational constitution and potential values and behaviours to reduce possible friction in interactions. On a larger scale, the same is true in encounters, communication, and interaction between members of different cultural groups where interactants need to dispose of a rough knowledge of the other culture's relevant characteristics. This mutual knowledge is called meta-representations that complement the actors' own values and ways of thinking. This concept complements Social Representation Theory when applied to cross-cultural and inter-ethnic interactions.

Социальные и культурные группы характеризуются общими системами социальных объектов и проблем, которые составляют их объективную реальность и идентичность их членов. Межличностное взаимодействие внутри таких групп требует системы всеобъемлющих представлений, обеспечивающих согласованное взаимодействие между индивидами. Для того чтобы уменьшить возможные разногласия при взаимодействии, всеобъемлющие представления включают в себя фрагменты репрезентативной структуры взаимодействующего, а также его потенциальные ценности и поведение. В более широком масштабе то же самое относится к общению и взаимодействию между членами различных культурных групп, где взаимодействующие должны располагать приблизительным знанием соответствующих характеристик другой культуры. Это взаимное знание называется метапредставлениями, которые дополняют собственные ценности и способы мышления субъектов. Концепция метапредставлений дополняет теорию социальных представлений применительно к межкультурному и межэтническому взаимодействию.

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