THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF IN-DEPTH COGNITION OF THE SUBJECT’S PSYCHE IN ITS PRALOGICALLY-VISUALIZED REPRESENTATIONS

Abstract

The article «Theoretical and Practical Aspects of In-Depth Cognition of the Subject’s Psyche in its Pralogically Visualized Representations» covers the important aspects of revealing the essence of the psyche under the conditions of its recoding from the ideal reality to the objectified reality. The main method of the research is active social-psychological cognition (ASPC), which relies on the spontaneity and ease of the subject’s behavior under the conditions of objectification of their psyche in thematic drawings. Under the specified conditions, the psychologist’s dialogue with the respondent plays an important role in psychoanalytical revealing of the semantic parameters of the representations of the psyche. The figurative and symbolic presentation provided an opportunity to explore the role of the law of «participation» (involvement) in the objectification, in the plane of observation of the psyche. The results of the research make it possible to state the possibilities to objectify in psychodrawings such meanings of the psyche that would be impossible to express verbally, which is facilitated by the effectiveness of the mechanisms of displacement, thickening, hint, hyperbolization, which are common to dreams as well. The content of the article allows to draw a conclusion: the visualization of the psyche opens the perspectives to cognize the archaic factors, the objectification of which occurs due to the actualization of the archetypal symbols. The latter opened up prospects for research of the impact of pralogical thinking on its visualized presentation, which catalyzes the self-cognition of future psychologists.