Self-Views in the Present and Future: When to Conduct Psychological Training with Students

Abstract

The task is to reveal the potential of a personality at the stage of transition from adolescence to adulthood. It is postulated that the realization of this task is largely related to the diagnosis of a person’s perception of his qualities in the present and future. It is stated that an incomplete understanding of oneself and the potential of one’s personal development is a barrier to self-knowledge.The aim of the study is to identify the ideas of self in the present and future among second-year students of the Moscow University of Psychology. It is emphasized that research within a particular university makes it possible to determine the vector of specific psychological and pedagogical influences in the learning process in order to form the competencies necessary for the profession.A study is described in which students used 15 adjectives to describe themselves in the present and in the future – in 10 years. The results are presented, according to which the vast majority of students idealize themselves during self-description, about three times.