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2.KazimierzObuchowski’stheoryoftheself-authoringpersonality…25
abilitytouseallavailablecodesofmind,especiallyabstractthinking,has
becomeamoderntoolforrealisinghumanattributes.Whilethecognitive
apparatusoftherole-playermainlyusesspecificthinking,andthelearneroper-
ateshierarchical(abstract)andcreativecodes,inthecaseoftheself-authoring
person,abstractreasoningprevails.Suchapersonisconducivetoreflection,
criticalanalysisandspontaneouscreativity.Teconstructionofseparatecog-
nitiverepresentations,composedofhierarchicalandspecificcodes,leadsto
thecreationofCtwoparallelbutoppositesystems,i.e.theobjectiveIandthe
intentionalI)(Obuchowski,1985,p.227).
Tedevelopmentofthepersonalityconsistsintheindividual)sspecificexpe-
riencesbeingassimilatedbytheoriginalstructureofpersonality,thesyncretic
IintotheareaoftheobjectiveIwiththehelpofabstractconceptualisation,
whichinturnreleasestheintentionalI(Obuchowski,1993,p.82).Tisindicates
thatthesubjectivecontentisobjectified,i.e.generalised.Inthisway,itbecomes
modelscapturedthroughhierarchicalcodes.Teuniqueabstractionallows
apersontodistinguishwhatisthemfromthemselves(Obuchowski,1993,p.77).
Onlytheabilitytoimplementahierarchicalcodeensurestheskilltodevelop
independentautonomousmodelsoftheworld,concerningaspecificsituation
oraspecificexperience.Tesemodelsbecometheobjectofpersonalintentions.
Teycanbearrangedandimproved.Apersonwhobuildsmodelsofhimself
andtheworldiscapableofconstructingthenecessaryknowledgeanddefining
unique,pro-socialfuture-orientatedtasks.Tatexpressesthemeaningoflife
adequately.Aself-authoringpersonispreparedtosetupmethodsandtools
independentlyinordertoachievefuture-orientatedtasks.Tisishowdevel-
opmentalchangestakeplace(Obuchowski,1985,p.226).Inthiswayatran-
sitionfromtheobjectifiedformofanindividualtoaself-authortakesplace.
Teself-authoringpersonischaracterisedbytheabilitytoestablishageneral
anddynamicconceptoftheworldandthemselves,sotheycandistancethem
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selvesfromwhatisbeinglearnt(Obuchowski,2001).Tispsychologicaldistance
establishesanewqualityoftheperson.Tecognitiveseparationbetweenthe
selfandotherinstancesbecomesapartofthepersonalhierarchyofneeds.
CDistancingoneselffromone)smentalrealityhasseparatedtheindividualfrom
theirpreviouslimitationsandhasaddedevenmoredynamicstotheirdevelopment.
Bymasteringpsychologicalspace,manhasdevelopedtheabilitytopeacefully
experienceambivalenceandindependentlyandflexiblyformandtransformthe
meaningofhisownlife).(Błachnio&Obuchowski,2011,p.165)