PECULIARITIES OF SOCIAL PERCEPTION IN ADOLESCENT AGE

Abstract

The political and economic situation of modern social conditions actualized the appeal of researchers to the problem of one of the most important concept of human interaction – accuracy and adequacy of social perception. The problem of factors and the peculiarities of social perception was investigated in this article on the basis of available scientific researches of many foreign and domestic scientists. The concept «social perception» is regarded in connection with the concepts «social-perceptual attitude» and «reflection». Socio-perceptual attitude is defined as a predisposition of the subjects of communication to perceive, assess, and act in relation to each other in a certain way. The functions of social-perceptual attitudes are social adaptation (utilitarian function), cognitive function, expression and evaluation, and psychological protection.

The main empirical information for the study was obtained by using: 1) the method «Diagnosis of socio-perceptual attitude of a person to other people» (authors were: Dubovitskaya. Tulitbayeva, Shashkov); 2) the personality inventory «Differential type of reflection» (authors were: Leontev, Lapteva, Osyn, Salykhova). The received date was described and interpreted. The analysis of data makes it possible to explain the age peculiarities of social perception on research of schoolchildren. The article also grounds the perspective of studies of social perception on problem of the individuals in teenage years. The tasks of psychological support and guidance of schoolchildren in their personal and communicative development considered as a main in the activity of the psychological service of educational establishments.