Thematic coherence
Encyclopedia
Thematic coherence is a term that can be used both in linguistics
as a literary technique
or in developmental psychology
; in the last case, it's said to be an organization of a set of meanings in and through an event. In education
, for example, the thematic coherence happens when a child during a classroom session understands what all the talking is about.
This expression was termed by Habermas and Bluck (2000) alongside with other terms such as temporal coherence, biographical coherence, and causal coherence to examining the coherence that people — during their all process of life: since they were a child until adolescence
and adulthood, but especially in childhood
and adolescence — have to narrate their own personal experiences (or many different episodes in their life) and that needs to be structured within a context
.
In conversation
— although this technique also can be found in literature — the thematic coherence is when a person (or character) "is able to derive a general theme or principle about the self based on a narrated sequence of events." Dan P. McAdams in his books gives a long example writing that:
McAdams also cites Habermas and Bluck, for whom the thematic coherence are rare before adolescence but increase in prominence as a person moves toward emerging adulthood.
Some authors also considers effective associate this term with some social processes
such as individualism
.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
as a literary technique
Literary technique
A literary technique is any element or the entirety of elements a writer intentionally uses in the structure of their work...
or in developmental psychology
Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology, also known as human development, is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to...
; in the last case, it's said to be an organization of a set of meanings in and through an event. In education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, for example, the thematic coherence happens when a child during a classroom session understands what all the talking is about.
This expression was termed by Habermas and Bluck (2000) alongside with other terms such as temporal coherence, biographical coherence, and causal coherence to examining the coherence that people — during their all process of life: since they were a child until adolescence
Adolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood , but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage...
and adulthood, but especially in childhood
Childhood
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood , early childhood , middle childhood , and adolescence .- Age ranges of childhood :The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a...
and adolescence — have to narrate their own personal experiences (or many different episodes in their life) and that needs to be structured within a context
Context principle
In the philosophy of language, the context principle is a form of semantic holism holding that a philosopher should "never ... ask for the meaning of a word in isolation, but only in the context of a proposition"...
.
In conversation
Conversation
Conversation is a form of interactive, spontaneous communication between two or more people who are following rules of etiquette.Conversation analysis is a branch of sociology which studies the structure and organization of human interaction, with a more specific focus on conversational...
— although this technique also can be found in literature — the thematic coherence is when a person (or character) "is able to derive a general theme or principle about the self based on a narrated sequence of events." Dan P. McAdams in his books gives a long example writing that:
McAdams also cites Habermas and Bluck, for whom the thematic coherence are rare before adolescence but increase in prominence as a person moves toward emerging adulthood.
Some authors also considers effective associate this term with some social processes
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
such as individualism
Individualism
Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that stresses "the moral worth of the individual". Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and so value independence and self-reliance while opposing most external interference upon one's own...
.
See also
- Child developmentChild developmentChild development stages describe theoretical milestones of child development. Many stage models of development have been proposed, used as working concepts and in some cases asserted as nativist theories....
and human developmentDevelopmental psychologyDevelopmental psychology, also known as human development, is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to... - CentrationCentrationCentration is the tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others. A term introduced by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget to refer to the tendency of young children to focus attention on only one salient aspect of an object, situation, or problem at a time, to the exclusion of...
- Private speechPrivate speechChildren from two to about seven years old can be observed engaging in private speech -- speech spoken to oneself for communication, self-guidance, and self-regulation of behavior . Although it is audible, it is neither intended for nor directed at others...
- Speech perceptionSpeech perceptionSpeech perception is the process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted and understood. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonetics and phonology in linguistics and cognitive psychology and perception in psychology...
and Speech repetitionSpeech repetitionthumb|250px|right|[[Children]] copy with their own [[mouth]]s the words spoken by the mouths of those around them. This enables them to learn the [[pronunciation]] of words not already in their [[vocabulary]]....