The 5th perspectomic dimension is that of modes.
In perspectomic terms, a mode is a system which emerges from a collection of schemas, and a unit which collects with other modes to form a perspectome.
Modes are “networks of cognitive, affective, motivational, and behavioral components designed to deal with specific demands” (Beck & Haigh 2014) and combined, form one’s personality. “The activation of a particular mode and its status as relatively adaptive or maladaptive depends on the “fit” between an individual’s internal impulses and cravings and external situational factors. In addition, persistent cognitive distortions within the modes may be responsible for poor adaptation observed in psychiatric disorders.” (Beck, Finkel & Beck, 2020)
Transformations – Changes, perspectives, conversions, or mutations (Guilford)
TRANSFORMATIONS OF COGNITION:
MODES (Young, et al) / PERSPECTIVES (RFT/ACT, Hayes et al) / VIRTUAL MACHINES (Dennett) (metaphor: “organism”)
mode emerges as the “psychological average” of a group of schemas
