The interrelation of motor and mental actions in the process of formation of social competitiveness of a personality

Abstract

Introduction. The work is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the formation of competitiveness in the process of physical education classes. The psychological features of purposeful formation of competitiveness are considered. The positive relationship between specially organized motor actions and the formed competitiveness of students has been practically proved and theoretically substantiated.Materials and Methods. To solve the research tasks, the semantic content of the basic concepts characterizing competitiveness was determined. The semantic analysis of the presented concepts was carried out according to the dictionary of the Russian language edited by A. P. Evgenieva. The definition of the semantic core of concepts was carried out by the content analysis method proposed by S. A. Gaponova. Semantic, basic units of textual information were identified. The semantic core, the fundamental feature of a text or concept, was determined.Results. We have established that the semantic core of all manifestations of competitiveness, without exception, is overcoming. It is proved that overcoming various external (physical) and internal (mental) barriers is a necessary and sufficient condition for the formation of competitiveness. It is argued that specially organized motor activity makes it possible to purposefully form competitiveness.Discussion and conclusions. The factors and conditions affecting the process of competitiveness formation are discussed. The basic feature of competitiveness has been established in previously conducted in-house scientific research. This process is analyzed from the perspective of the theory of the gradual formation of mental actions and concepts (P. Ya. Galperin), as well as the levels of movement control (N. A. Bernstein). The presented material is the theoretical basis for the creation of a methodology for the purposeful formation of competitiveness among students.