There is a need to develop specific techniques to help individuals in self-actualization. The article suggests an instrument that has been tested over years and validated with over 800 people. The theoretical basis is the method of making inner knowledge explicit, using a construct called sub- personality. The technology suggested the individual follows four steps: (1) s/he analyzes his/her strengths and weaknesses, drawing them on a plane of four concentric circles on paper; (2) s/he draws the qualities – subpersonalities as ‘little houses’; (3) models his/her personality with the help of a modified technique “Work with creative garbage”; and (4) uses elements of psychodrama (role-divided psychotherapy). The paper presents a case study of one participant, so as to show the practical application of this technology, and to validate its effectiveness. In the concluding section, we demonstrate how this technology helps a person to interpret one of his/her personal qualities, and creates conditions for self-acceptance, integrity of self-image, and ways of self-actualization. We confirm that the technology described can help psychologists to assist their patients in self-cognition and in learning about their personal qualities. This can help psychology experts in various fields.
Keyword(s) : personal qualities
A comprehensive approach to the diagnostics of students’ moral education
The tasks of moral education – students’ requirements and the ethical qualities necessary for graduates
of pedagogical universities – require the development of diagnostic measures that include
criteria for ethical education, as well as pedagogical methods for measuring the moral and ethical
qualities of subjects. The change in the choice of criteria for the diagnosis of morality is influenced
by the multidimensionality of global social processes, the complexity and significance of the spiritual
and moral foundations and factors affecting the upbringing of young people. This is enriched by
the properties of the individual psychological, social, emotional, value-orientated plan. The article
discusses the steps needed to identify and implement the stages of development and implementation
of the required diagnostics. It analyses the points of view available in pedagogical science taking
into consideration their generalization, systematization, and the selection of the most valid criteria
for the moral education of students. Subsequently it considers the development of criteria for moral
education of students, including moral and social components; approbation and correction of diag-
nostics in the direction of specific, individualized criteria for measuring specific qualities. The results
demonstrate the effectiveness of improved technology.