Psychological peculiarities of the attitude of a child of senior preschool age

Abstract

Abstract. The article focuses on the nature and structure of self-attitude and its peculiarities in senior preschool children. The purpose of the article is to disclose the essence of psychological peculiarities of the attitude of a senior preschool child to himself/herself. The solution of such research tasks determines the logic of the presentation of the material studied in the work: a categorical analysis of the system of concepts, in particular the concept of "self-attitude" and an analysis of the main trends in the study of the system of preschool children's attitude to themselves. The research methodology is based on the general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, observation and abstraction, which are used to systematise achievements in the theory and practice of modelling systems of different nature in the humanities and psychology in particular. The study of personality self-consciousness remains relevant in connection with a wide range of issues related to the cognition of mechanisms that act as internal determinants of the individual originality of the person's life realisation. The practical significance consists in the fact that the results of the work can be used in university courses in psychology, by practical psychologists of preschool education, in psychological advising of people, in everyday, family or professional spheres of life. The significance/originality of the research results is that the psychological content of the concept of "self-attitude" in relation to senior preschool children is enhanced; the criteria and levels of manifestation of self-attitude in middle and senior preschool children are determined, their age and gender peculiarities are revealed; the issue of the main psychological factors of personal development of a senior preschool child, the problem of forming an individual's attitude towards himself/herself is further developed.