Age dynamics of differentiation and the hierarchy of the concept Director

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the characteristics of the age dynamics of the measure of differentiation and the measure of hierarchy of the concept Director at different stages of age development. The study involved 572 respondents aged from 6 to 56 years. To identify age dynamics, the results of a directed associative experiment (stimulus word Director) and a pictographic technique were analyzed. The data obtained indicate that with age development and mastery of professional activities, there is a significant increase in the measure of differentiation and the measure of hierarchy from the children's group to the group of early adulthood. After this, in the mature group of respondents the measure of differentiation stabilizes, and the measure of hierarchy sharply decreases. It is assumed that a director's creative activity decreases with age. It is hypothesized that the sharp drop in the measure of hierarchy is due to the specifics of the sample.