Chapter 6: Comprehensive Personality Development and the Principles of the Soviet School, as Factors in Determining the Composition of Educational Content

The article considers the problem of improvement of modern educational books, which arises from the sociocultural changes, as well as from a whole range of phenomena influencing the modern generation’s personality development. Methods: the content analysis of dissertations, monographs, educational publications; semantical and cognitive analysis of language means, thorough analysis of research works in the field of Russian language teaching, pedagogical observation and ranking.The main findings of the paper: it’s offered ways of content upgrading of Russian language teaching within the language education communicative paradigm of the 21st century. In particular, the author offers three tasks to be solved concerning the axiological aspect of educational content, the developing character of teaching realised according to the graduality principle, and also issues of developing periphrasis and discourse competencies in the process of native Russian language teaching.Conclusions: we present organisation of the systematic work to master periphrasis in studying the key sections of the Russian language course. It will make it possible to focus on the objective of communicative competence development with regard to its components – the discourse competence and periphrasis skills of the learners.

Download Full-text

Work characteristics and well-being of Swiss apprentices entering the labor market 1This article is based on the research project “Work Experience and Quality of Life in Switzerland: Work, Stress, and Personality Development” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation within the Swiss Priority Program “Switzerland: Towards the Future” (Grant No. 5004-047898 to N.K. Semmer [principal investigator] and J.-P. Dauwalder [co-principle investigator]).

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024//1421-0185.59.4.272 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 272-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Wolfgang Kälin ◽

Norbert K. Semmer ◽

Achim Elfering ◽

Franziska Tschan ◽

Jean-Pierre Dauwalder ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Work Experience ◽

National Science Foundation ◽

Personality Development ◽

Well Being ◽

Project Work ◽

Work Characteristics ◽

Swiss National Science Foundation ◽

National Science ◽

Principle Investigator

Download Full-text

Rorschach Assessment of Complex Trauma in Youth

Rorschachiana Journal of the International Society for the Rorschach ◽

10.1027/1192-5604/a000122 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 19-41

Author(s):

David Ephraim

Keyword(s):

Psychological Assessment ◽

Complex Trauma ◽

Personality Development ◽

Traumatic Events ◽

History Of ◽

The Way

Abstract. A history of complex trauma or exposure to multiple traumatic events of an interpersonal nature, such as abuse, neglect, and/or major attachment disruptions, is unfortunately common in youth referred for psychological assessment. The way these adolescents approach the Rorschach task and thematic contents they provide often reflect how such experiences have deeply affected their personality development. This article proposes a shift in perspective in the interpretation of protocols of adolescents who suffered complex trauma with reference to two aspects: (a) the diagnostic relevance of avoidant or emotionally constricted Rorschach protocols that may otherwise appear of little use, and (b) the importance of danger-related thematic contents reflecting the youth’s sense of threat, harm, and vulnerability. Regarding this last aspect, the article reintroduces the Preoccupation with Danger Index ( DI). Two cases are presented to illustrate the approach.

Download Full-text

Positive Adult Personality Development

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040.10.4.320 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 320-329 ◽

Cited By ~ 106

Author(s):

Ursula M. Staudinger ◽

Ute Kunzmann

Keyword(s):

Young Adulthood ◽

Personality Development ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Personality Change ◽

Developmental Tasks ◽

Adult Personality ◽

Heated Debate

Abstract. Does personality stay stable after young adulthood or is there continued change throughout middle and later adulthood? For decades, this question has caused heated debate. Over the last couple of years, a consensus has emerged based on recent cross-cultural as well as longitudinal evidence. This consensus confirms that indeed there is personality change in middle and later adulthood. Many authors have labeled this change personality maturation or growth. In somewhat simplified terms the observed pattern is as follows: neuroticism declines, conscientiousness and agreeableness increase. At the same time it has been argued that this pattern of personality change is the result of coping with the developmental tasks of adulthood and, thus, increased adjustment. We would like to examine this practice of equating developmental adjustment with growth and ask how to define personality growth. To answer this question, we consult theories of personality development as well as lifespan theory.

Download Full-text