Perspectives and Potential of Psychosocial Approach to the Problem of Development in Middle School

The article analyses methodological and procedural grounds of psychosocial development assessment in the context of one's acquisition of learning skills and knowledge, taking into account the organizational specificities of modern education. The authors present theoretical and experimental data on qualitative influence of psychosocial identity structural components on one's behaviour in the social environment. The behaviour al features are as well determined by the outcomes of the first four crises of one's epigenetic development. The authors review the specificity of these outcomes' influence and make an attempt to design a profile of one's psychosocial development reflecting behavioural and value components of his/her sociopsychological activity.

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