REFLECTION AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOVEREIGN MORAL VALUES AMONG FUTURE PSYCHOLOGISTS

Abstract

The paper studies the categories of sovereign moral values and reflexivity of future psychologists. Within the context of professional training, reflection helps future psychologists to define the goals and objectives of their professional activities, to carry necessary self-correction out, to do self-development, self-education. The reflection of future psychologists supposes the ability of an individual to put distance in relation to oneself; an ability to objectively analyze one’s own actions, behaviors, thoughts, despite emotions, desires, intentions, before analyzing, rethinking one’s own moral knowledge, beliefs, ideals, so that the individuality rises to the highest level in the process of self-actualization, self-improvement. However, the issue of reflection of future psychologists as a factor in the development of their sovereign moral values remains little-studied: sustainable, autonomous, personally significant, individual life purpose moral formations (models, concepts, attitudes) that give a person an opportunity to self-evaluate one’s own life and the lives of others, an ability to understanding the meaning of professional activity in the context of life’s activity, to act according to conscience regardless of external circumstances; to demonstrate responsibility for the life of another person, sensitivity, tolerance, goodwill to a client, the ability to select morally justified ways and methods of correctional work; to defend one’s own honor, dignity, beliefs, ideas etc. The reflexive component of sovereign moral values involves the future psychologist’s realization of how he or she is perceived and evaluated by others, the ability to analyze, rethink one’s own moral knowledge, feelings, beliefs, ideals, behaviors, actions, contributes to the successful assimilation, expansion and transformation of social experience, interpretation of external social influence into an internal personality plan. As a result of this analysis and rethinking of one’s qualities, properties, characteristics, successes, failures and their causes, an individual increases to a higher level of self-actualization, self-improvement.
According to the results of the research, it was found that the reflexive component of sovereign moral values is not sufficiently developed among future psychologists of different courses. This shows that future psychologists are more focused on meeting their own personal needs, interests, focused on achieving the result, rather than on its meaning, as well as the difficulty in establishing a reflexive distance to rethink their own value system.