The effectiveness of using virtual technologies to teach students life safety techniques

Abstract

Purpose of the study: theoretical and empirical study of the effectiveness of professional psychological preparation for activities in extreme conditions using virtual technologies. Object of study: professional and psychological preparation for activity. Subject of research: the use of VR technologies for professional and psychological preparation for activities in extreme conditions. The research was carried out using theoretical and empirical methods: experiment, testing, analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization. Research methods: Questionnaire «Well-being, activity, mood». «Personal risk readiness». Measurement of heart rate. Achievement test. «First aid for electric shock». The situation was formed in extreme conditions, using the ARPort SafetyVR program in the «First Aid in the event of an electric shock» mode. Methods of mathematical statistics: Mean value, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U-test, ANOVA. The sample consisted of 32 people, students studying in the field of «Extreme Psychology» at MSUPE. The results show that the use of virtual programs aimed at training and developing skills in dangerous situations is an effective way to form professional and psychological preparation of students for activities in extreme conditions and to optimize their indicators of well-being, mood and general activity. Studying the literature and the data obtained, we can say that modern virtual technologies can be successfully used in psychological work. These studies can be used to develop training using virtual reality technologies for representatives of high-risk professions or to prepare specialists for activities in extreme conditions