PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF LOGICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Keywords:
visual and figurative thinking, development of logical thinking, preschool children, analytical and synthetic processAbstract
According to the results of theoretical and empirical research, the features of the logical thinking development of preschool children are analyzed. The physiological basis of thinking and the necessity of words and its importance in the appearance of connections within the first and second signal systems are presented. Logical thinking as a rather complex process that requires high activity of intellectual (mental) sphere, the ability to operate with words, abstract concepts, to understand the logics of reasoning and cause-effect relationships is considered. The importance of speech activity development of the child in the context of logical thinking is proved. Psychological features of logical thinking development are presented: high level of logical operations performance of thinking flexibility, conclusiveness, terms operating, independence, etc.
