Psychology and Psychotechnics

Contents

Editor-in-Chief's column
Gurevich, P. S. — Children and money.	P. 5 - 7
Spiritual reincarnation
Starovoitov, V. V. — Did an ancient greek have a personality?	P. 8 - 13
Inner world
Furtmuller, C. — Alfred Adler: A biographical essay (translated by E. G. Balagushkina).	P. 14 - 28
To understand the human being
Adler, A. — Knowledge of people. Chapter 5 (translated by E. G. Balagushkina).	P. 29 - 37
Eros and Thanatos
Mordas, E. S. — Maternal destructiveness as an aspect of the history of human development (the filicide complex).	P. 38 - 49
Mind games
Narcissova, S. U. — Cognitive style and substantial indicators of arguments.	P. 50 - 61
Societal passions
Tarasova, S. M. — Theoretical justification of social adaptation as interdisciplinary category.	P. 62 - 69
Developmental psychology
Konovalova, D. S. — Psychological stability of modern administration managers.	P. 70 - 76
Personal motivation and spirituality
Kayukov, V. A. — Category of success: historical and philosophical insight.	P. 77 - 81
Professional psychology
Kryukova, T. B. — Psychological readiness of future engineers (the case study in electric power industry).	P. 82 - 91
Psychology and pedagogics
Svalov, E. A. — Dynamism as a feature of electronic didactic resource.	P. 92 - 98
Psychotechnique
Oleshkevich, V. I. — Holistic approach to A. Adler’s understanding of phenomena of psychological defence.	P. 99 - 108
Psychological studies
Gurevich, P. S. — Pastoral and sin.	P. 109 - 110

Gurevich, P. S. — Sexy witch.	P. 111 - 112

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Editor-in-Chief's column

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Gurevich, P. S. (2011). Children and money. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 5–7. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57975

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Abstract: The article criticizes the widely spread idea of a necessity to teach children finances from an early age. Based on the author, such an approach does not only deprive a child from enjoying a romantic childhood, but can also lead to serious psychological problems in adulthood.

Keywords: philosophy, psychology, children, money, society, consumer society, anal state of development

Spiritual reincarnation

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Starovoitov, V. V. (2011). Did an ancient greek have a personality?. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 8–13. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57976

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Abstract: The author of the article refutes the point of view of professors A.F. Losev and I.S. Kon that ancient Greeks had no notion about the idea of personality. It is shown that belief of ancient Greeks in fate in no way relieved the person of responsibility and that the necessity for the citizen of the police independently to take decisions in multiple changing situations presupposed a person with intelligent self-consciousness and strong Self.

Keywords: personality, body, fate, soul, tragedy, belief, gods, freedom, self-consciousness, humanism

Inner world

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Furtmuller, C. (2011). Alfred Adler: A biographical essay (translated by E. G. Balagushkina). Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 14–28. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57977

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Abstract: This is a biographical essay telling us how a famous Austrian doctor and psychologist, founder of the individual psychology Alfred Adler formed his personality and scientific views. The essay was written by Carl Furtmuller, one of Adler’s associates. Special attention is paid at the role which Sigmund Freud played in Alfred Adler’s life and scientific work.

Keywords: philosophy, psychology, psychoanalysis, individual psychology, Alfred Adler

To understand the human being

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Adler, A. (2011). Knowledge of people. Chapter 5 (translated by E. G. Balagushkina). Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 29–37. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57978

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Abstract: This is the continuation of translation of Alfred Adler’s work ‘Knowledge of People’. There Adler talks about a special discipline in science, - knowledge of people as he calls it, - and also about human soul, social peculiarities of a spiritual life and inferiority complex, the latter being the natural result of human socialization, as Adler sees it.

Keywords: psychology, knowledge of people, Adler, human, society, child, inferiority complex

Eros and Thanatos

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Mordas, E. S. (2011). Maternal destructiveness as an aspect of the history of human development (the filicide complex). Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 38–49. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57979

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Abstract: The article reveals the issues of maternal destructiveness: the destruction is based on infantile and unsolved tragedy of children’s and parents’ relationships, the feeling of helplessness and dependence, impossibility to overcome the ‘bad’ object and inability to accept and cope with growing destructive impulses.

Keywords: psychology, maternal destructiveness, pregnancy, labour, death, female identity, maternal imago, deprivation, dependence, fear

Mind games

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Narcissova, S. U. (2011). Cognitive style and substantial indicators of arguments. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 50–61. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57980

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Abstract: The article reflects the results of the carried out research of the argument from the point of view of the cognitive approach which for the first time considers correlations between cognitive style parameters and indicators of arguments.

Keywords: psychology, convincing, cognitive style, proof, substantial indicators of arguments, cogitation, field dependence, cognitive complexity, concrete conceptualization, impulsivity

Societal passions

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Tarasova, S. M. (2011). Theoretical justification of social adaptation as interdisciplinary category. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 62–69. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57981

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Abstract: The article considers the phenomenon of social adaptation of personality in terms of different scientific approaches: philosophical, biological, psychological, social, and pedagogical; provides a definition of “social adaptation” proposed by different scientists; analyzes the characteristics of social adaptation, depending on the approach to be taken.

Keywords: pedagogy, adaptation, phenomenon, personality, approach, peculiarities, society, science, school, category

Developmental psychology

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Konovalova, D. S. (2011). Psychological stability of modern administration managers. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 70–76. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57982

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Abstract: The article is devoted to the concept of psychological stability of administration managers and influence of various parameters and pressing challenges on development of such stability. The author quotes what administration managers said about their psychological stability and defines the factors having a good impact on development of psychological stability. The author also describes the ways to raise and improve the level of psychological stability for modern administration managers.

Keywords: psychology, stability, government officials, personnel, administration, parameters, optimization, development, activity, professional skills

Personal motivation and spirituality

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Kayukov, V. A. (2011). Category of success: historical and philosophical insight. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 77–81. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57983

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Abstract: The article reveals how the category of success changed with time and what historical, philosophical and cultural aspects it has had. The author of the article analyzes the connection between objective (external) and subjective (internal) types of success. According to the author, the positive core of success is the unity of a desire to reach a goal and a following satisfaction from chosen ways of achieving what was desired.

Keywords: psychology, cultural studies, success, assumption, successfulness, work, objective and subjective success, internal and external success, desire

Professional psychology

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Kryukova, T. B. (2011). Psychological readiness of future engineers (the case study in electric power industry). Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 82–91. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57984

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Abstract: The article specifies the definition of psychological readiness for professional activity taking into account modern peculiarities of electric power industry. Self-regulation is viewed as an important element of psychological readiness of students studying to be engineers in various spheres of electric power industry.

Keywords: psychology, labor psychology, power industry, difficult situations, students, psychological readiness, psychological readiness for activity, self-regulation, regulatory processes, locus of control, professionally important qualities

Psychology and pedagogics

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Svalov, E. A. (2011). Dynamism as a feature of electronic didactic resource. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 92–98. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57985

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Abstract: The article introduces the concept «dynamism» which is defined as a feature of an electronic textbook (ET). Dynamism consists in the ability of a relatively rapid update (actualization) of a educational resource’s content and structure with due account taken of newest achievements in science, technology and education. The article describes various aspects and contradictions of this feature’s implementation. The research of «dynamisation » process is also based on a concrete example of ET for the course of studies «Technologies of vocationalcentered education».

Keywords: teaching, textbook, didactics, dynamism, innovation, cogitation, actualization, resource, information, course

Psychotechnique

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Oleshkevich, V. I. (2011). Holistic approach to A. Adler’s understanding of phenomena of psychological defence. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 99–108. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57986

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Abstract: The article describes the history of studies of the psychological defence phenomena. It is shown that since the beginning of the 20th century there have been the two lines of studying the defence mechanisms, - one is connected with psychoanalysis and the other one is related to Alfred Adler’s psychology. The latter is also called the holistic approach to understanding and studying psychological defenses. The author of the article traces back the history of formation of the holistic approach and describes the structure and logic of its development.

Keywords: psychology, culture, mechanisms, tendency, style, defence, inferiority, compensation, analysis, holism

Psychological studies

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Gurevich, P. S. (2011). Pastoral and sin. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 109–110. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57987

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Abstract: Eros and love are unique occurrences which make us human. They motivate us to seek our other half in a hope to finally save ourselves from another unique human feeling, the feeling of loneliness.

Keywords: philosophy, psychology, Eros, love, human, bisexuality

Psychological studies

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Gurevich, P. S. (2011). Sexy witch. Psychology and Psychotechnics, 2, 111–112. https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=57988

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Abstract: Continuing to explore the history of human sexuality, the author viewed the image of witch as a personification of our unconscious fear in the face of our instincts.

Keywords: philosophy, psychology, Eros