Research Methods In Psychology Research Articles

Critical Thinking Analysis Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Critical thinking which is also known as creative thinking, is a fundamental skill needed to solve any problems in our life. The behaviour of critical thinking involves reviewing the results of the application of decisions made and implementing change where possible. It also happens when someone aims to achieve the best possible outcomes in any situation. It plays an important role in innovation, development, and health. Hence, knowing someone’s critical thinking behaviour is essential to improve one’s ability. However, to have good critical thinking skill is very challenging without understanding its features and biological behaviour. To understand the critical thinking behaviour based on cognitive function and neural activities, the psychological research methods and principles from neuroscience are necessary. Thus, this study aims to analyse critical thinking behaviour in the human brain by looking on the Hemodynamic Response Function (HRF). The instrument used in this study is a functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) device, called Wearable Optical Topography (WOT-100) with 16 channels where it measured the HRF of oxy-hemoglobin (HbO) and deoxy-hemoglobin (HbR) concentration and Platform Optical Topographic Analysis Tools (POTATo) developed by HITACHI performed the pre-processing of raw data. Experimental results show that the mean concentration of HbO measured for High Scores (HS) group at right and left PFC were slightly difference with concentration value of 17.6945mol/μm and 17.3514mol/μm while for Low Scores (LS) group shows the mean concentration of HbO at left PFC was higher than right PFC with concentration value of 25.0353mol/μm and 14.2499mol/µm respectively. Hence, these results show that the LS group tend to use their left PFC during task given due to laborious decision-making process happen influences by time duration subjects answering the tasks. Therefore, these results suggest an imperative role for individual differences in their neural activation. The outcome of this study highlights the significance of individual differences and their cognitive preference and potentials in performance of functional tasks such as attention, creativity, imagery, decision making and working memory that leads to critical thinking behaviour.

ПРОФЕСІЙНЕ САМОВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ТА ВМОТИВОВАНІСТЬ ДО РУХОВОЇ АКТИВНОСТІ СТУДЕНТОК ПЕДАГОГІЧНИХ СПЕЦІАЛЬНОСТЕЙ

Мета. З’ясувати вмотивованість студенток педагогічних спеціальностей до занять фізичною культурою. Методи. В роботі використані: теоретичний аналіз, психологічні та педагогічні методи дослідження, анкетування. Результати. З’ясовано, що понад 50 % студенток задоволені своїм професійним вибором. Вони мають чіткий намір оволодіти обраним фахом; хочуть у майбутньому здійснювати діяльність по професії та удосконалюватися у вибраному напрямку; знаходять час для занять справами, які стосуються обраної професії; прагнуть мати колег у обраній сфері; виділяють свою про-фесію серед інших. Високий рівень інтересу до занять фізичною культурою виявили 20,93 % студенток, 32,95 % – високий, 25,19 % – середній, низький – 11,4, а 9,69 % такої цікавості не мають. Найбільш поширеними мотивами до занять фізичною культурою для студенток є зміцнення здоров’я (98,84 %), поліпшення власної фізичної підготовленості (84,50 %) і покращення тіло будови (41,86 %). Висновок.Основними причинами, які є перепоною для занять фізичною культурою є дефіцит часу (51,55 %),поганий стан здоров’я (20,54 %), відсутність спортивних секцій, які б їх зацікавили (11,24 %), спор-тивної інфраструктури (4,65 %), партнерів для занять фізичними вправами (10,85 %), спортивного одягу і взуття (9,69 %).Ключові слова: фізична культура, студентки, мотиви.

ЕКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ СХИЛЬНОСТІ ДО РИЗИКУ ТА САМООЦІНКИ ОСІБ ЮНАЦЬКОГО ВІКУ

Introduction. Person cannot be in complete control of his or her environment, he or she may be prone to unexpected decisions. Experimental research method refers to the basic research methods in psychology. At the same time, experimental research in itself is a complex system that reveals specific manifestations of synergetic orientation.Purpose. The purpose of this experimental study was to analyze the impact of environmental stimuli on the manifestations of self-esteem and risk-taking of adolescents. Hypothetically, we assume that watching videos with different content components has an impact on a person's propensity to take risks: videos with dynamic and intense content will increase a person's propensity to risk and reduce individual self-esteem, videos with calm content, on the contrary, determine risk and increased self-esteem of adolescents.Methods. The task of our experiment was to determine the impact of watching videos with different content on the risk appetite and self-esteem of adolescents. The essence of the experiment was to simulate risky life situations, which cannot be achieved only by testing. In parallel, the relationship between an individual's self-esteem and risk behaviour. In the course of the experiment, the methods of diagnostics of the degree of readiness for risk of Schubert and "Self-assessment of personality" were used. Motkova in the modification of BA Sosnowski. Originality. Thus, the experimental study is a synergetic system, in the process of its implementation there are transformations of the initial hypothetical assumptions, the expansion of the study area. The experiment allows not only to collect and analyze data, as in conventional testing, but also has an impact on the subjects, which, in turn, allowed to stimulate a sense of risk, ie better analyze the condition and risk propensity of student youth.Thus, the assumption of the impact of watching videos with different content on the individual's propensity to risk has not been confirmed. Despite the lack of statistically significant differences between boys and girls when watching intense videos, there are tendentious weighted group differences in risk propensity by gender.Conclusion. It was found that intense environmental influences can reduce the overall self-esteem, self-esteem, and extraversion in adolescents. The experimental study revealed the prospect of further studies of the hypothesis that young people are more likely to experience changes in self-esteem under the influence of external stimuli, but these assumptions are the prospect of further research.

УЧЕНИЕ П.Я. ГАЛЬПЕРИНА ОБ ОРИЕНТИРОВКЕ И МЕТОДЫ ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ

The relevance of the study. The paper raises the problem of methods of psychological research, this problem is reflected in written and oral speeches of P. Ya. Galperin. The scientific significance of this problem is due to the fact that using the forming method allows us to obtain data concerning the laws of the formation of a new action in the conditions of not only controlled, but also its spontaneous formation. The purpose of the study is to obtain scientific psychological information concerning the forming method. The key concept of the theory of P. Ya. Galperin is the concept of orientation, which determines the success of the action. Polemizing with J. Piaget on the question of age capabilities of the child, P. Ya. Galperin experimentally showed that in the conditions of forming method “real mental actions and concepts” are formed much earlier than in the traditional spontaneous formation. If in the first case the process of formation becomes generally controllable, in the second it is only directed. The transition to the method of formation by stages, stressed P. Ya. Galperin, creates a basic for an appreciable improvement of the methods of instruction and means a radical change in the methods of psychological research. Methods — historical and psychological analysis, comparative analysis. The results. The publication consists of three parts. The main part (the middle one) is P.Ya. Galperin’s article «The cross-sectional method and the method of formation by stages». It is published on the materials of the personal archive of P. Ya. Galperin. The article, written by P. Ya. Galperin on the results of his speech at the International psychological Congress in Moscow in 1966, was previously published in the journal “Voprosy psyikhologii”, in this form article is a corrected version by P. Ya. Galperin. The first part of the paper is a short introduction providing a general characteristic of the Piaget and Galperin discussion on Psychological Congress. In conclusion (the third part) an attempt is made to identify the main lines on which it is possible to compare the views of P. Ya. Halperin and J. Piaget. The conclusion. The reference to the materials of Piaget and Galperin discussion is not only of historical and theoretical importance, but also allows us to outline the prospects of current scientific research in the field of genetic psychology.

Вопросы интеграции качественных и количественных методов в психологическом исследовании

The article discusses the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in psychological research. It is shown that the idea of such integration is embedded in the B.F. Lomov’s systemic paradigm and is in the general trend of modern research related to the Mixed Methods approaches. Examples of the development of the systemic paradigm in scientific and practical research of cognition and communication are given, in particular, concerning the application of the strategy of triangulation and the principles of inductive analysis for the integration of qualitative and quantitative empirical data. The specific possibilities of multiple triangulation and inductive analysis of not only data obtained by qualitative methods, but also quantitative data obtained by instrumental methods are considered. Studies are presented where qualitative (verbal) data are converted into quantitative ones, to which standard statistical procedures are applicable to identify causal links.

بناء اختبار محکي المرجع لقياس الکفايات المهنية لدى الأخصائيين النفسيين في مدينة الرياض

هدفت الداراسة الحالية إلى بناء اختبار محکي المرجع لقياس الکفايات المهنية لدى الأخصائيين النفسيين في مدينة الرياض، والتحقق من صدق درجات الاختبار )الصدق الوصفي وصدق انتقاء النطاق السلوکي(، وکذلک التحقق من ثبات درجات الاختبار وفقا لمعامل ليفنجستون، بالإضافة إلى تحديد درجة القطع المناسبة لکل کفاية مهنية، والتي من خلالها يتم تصنيف الأخصائيين النفسيين إلى متقنين وغير متقنين لهذه الکفايات، والتعرف على مدى تمکن الأخصائيين النفسيين في مدينة الرياض من الکفايات المهنية التي تضمنها الاختبار الذي تم بناؤه. وتم استخدام المنهج المسحي )الوصفي(، کونه المنهج المناسب لتحقيق أهداف البحث، وتکونت عينة الدارسة من ( 134 ) أخصائيا نفسيا ذکورا- وإنا ثا، وقد قامت الباحثة ببناء الاختبار مرورا بأربع مراحل هي(مرحلة التحليل - مرحلة البناء- مرحلة التجريب- مرحلة الإخراج )، وبعد المرور بهذه الخطوات لبناء الاختبار أنتجت الدراسة اختبارا محکي المرجع لقياس الکفايات المهنية لدى الأخصائيين النفسيين في مدينة الرياض يتکون من (61) مفردة اختبارية، تقيس تسع کفايات مهنية هي )الکفاية المعرفية: بنظريات علم النفس والتعلم ونظريات الإرشاد، والکفاية الشخصية: القيم والأخلاقيات والتواصل، وکفاية استخدام أدوات القياس والتحقق من خصائصها وتحليل نتائجها، وکفاية مناهج البحث في علم النفس، وکفاية إدارة المقابلة التوجيهية والعلاقة مع العميل، وکفاية القدرة على تطوير الذات والنمو المهني، وکفاية الوعي بالثقافة الاجتماعية المحلية والدولية وسعة الإطلاع، وکفاية التعريف بأساليب العلاج النفسي، وکفاية التخطيط للبرامج وکتابة التقاريروإتخاذ القرار )، کما توصلت الدراسة إلى أن هذا الاختبار يتمتع بصدق وصفي وصدق نطاق سلوکي جيد، وتبين أن الاختبار يتمتع بثبات عال جدا وفقا لمعامل ليفنجستون وصل إلى درجة 0.98 ) ) للاختبار ککل، وبلغت درجة القطع للاختبار وفقا لطريقة أنجوف(41.49)، واتضح أن هناک تدني واضح في الکفايات المهنية لدى الأخصائيين النفسيين في مدينة الرياض. الکلمات المفتاحية : اختبار محکي المرجع - الکفايات المهنية - الأخصائيين النفسيين. Abstract The Present study aimed to construct a criterion – Referenced to measure the professional competence for the psychologists in Al Riyadh and check the veracity of the test scores ( honesty descriptive and ratified the selection of scale behavioral ) as well as checking the stability of test scores according to the coefficient of Livingstone as well as to determine the cut-off grade appropriate both professional and adequacy of which the psychologists are classified to professional and is unprofessional for this caliber and to identify the extent to which psychologists in Riyadh of professional competence which is included in the test that was built . Curriculum survey was used (descriptive), being a curriculum appropriate to achieve the objectives of the research, the study sample consisted of (134) psychologists - male and female - have the researcher to build the test through the four stages are: (analysis phase - the construction phase - experimental stage - the stage output). After applying these steps to build the test produced a study criterion – Referenced test to measure the professional competence to the psychologists in the city of Riyadh consists of (61) Single test measures the nine competencies professional is ( enough knowledge definition theories of psychology and learning theories and guidance , and enough personal values and ethics and communication the adequacy of the use of measurement tools and verification of characteristics and analysis of their results, the adequacy of research methods in psychology, the adequacy of management of the corresponding guidelines and the relationship with the client, the adequacy of the ability to self-development and professional growth, insufficient awareness of the culture of local social international and erudition inadequate

Modern trends in the use of mixed methods in psychological research

Modern trends in the use of mixed methods in psychological research

Человеческое Я: иллюзия загадки

The paper is an attempt to give an inner outline of F.T. Mikhailov’s logic in the study of the human Self. The principles of analysis and the meaningful path of becoming the Self are analyzed, from the problem of the emergence of the mind to the developed, creative and free personality. Reflection of logical categories and their formal and substantive connection with the problems and methods of theoretical research in psychology is carried out. The paper shows the dialectic of the concept of the Self — both in the objective reality and in the self-consciousness of the individual. The subjectness of the Self is presented as an expression of the social whole and the internal logic of its development. This logic of the whole is the potential basis of the creative ability of the Self. The creativity arises in the contradiction between the universal and the specific, the distinction of which is, according to F.T. Mikhailov, the most difficult problem. But it is precisely in the solution of this problem that the solution to the phenomenon of the Self lies. And thus of freedom as the objective self-determination of man in being and in thinking. The reproduction of the logic of thought of F.T. Mikhailov is carried out by the author in his own synthesis of problems that highlight the main line in understanding the problem of the Self.

Особливості особистісної реалізованості/потенційності курсантів і курсанток

In today’s world, personal realization/potentiality is the measure that determines a person’s readiness for self-realization and self-improvement. That is why the purpose of the study was to empirically study the characteristics of personal realization/potential of cadets who study in a higher education institution with specific learning conditions. The methodological basis of the study were modern scientific views on human self-realization in life. The use of the structural-logical method, methods of empirical psychological research (testing) and comparative analysis contributed to the achievement of the research goal. The empirical basis of the study consisted of cadets-men (n = 14) and cadets-women (n = 14), who are studying now in the 2-nd year of the National Academy of Internal Affairs. Age – 18–22 years, single. Scientific novelty. The study identified gender and personal characteristics of respondents that determine their realization/potential in life. Gender differences are manifested in the peculiarities of experiencing the realization of personal potential in nowadays: cadets-women are more satisfied with self-realization now, than cadets-men. Respondents have the potential for personal self-realization in the future: the potentialization of cadets-women is an active life, based on experience, cadets-men – in independent decision-making. Personal characteristics of cadets-men and cadets-women are manifested in the course of self-actualization: self-actualized individuals are characterized by achievement motivation, communication, cognitive activity, the desire for professional growth in the chosen profession. Conclusions. It is important in the professional development of police officers to identify and realize their personal potential at the stage of professional training. Keywords: cadets-men; cadets-women; self-realization; personal realization, personal potential.

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND HYGIENIC CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ OCCUPATIONAL BURNOUT SYNDROME DEVELOPMENT

The aim: To determine physiological and hygienic correlates of teachers’ occupational burnout syndrome development in general secondary education institutions. Materials and methods: The study involved 427 teachers of general secondary education institutions of Sumy region aged 21 to 71 years old, representing four pedagogical categories. During the study physiological, hygienic, psychological, mathematical and statistical research methods were used. Results: A high level of occupational burnout was found in teachers of general secondary education institutions of the regional center (12,43 %), which was mainly accompanied by the formed resistance symptom-complex (39,45 %, р<0,01). According to the correlation analysis, significant physiological-hygienic and psychological factors of occupational burnout formation were determined. They include: workload (r=-0,32, р<0,05), lessons duration (r=-0,32, р<0,05), using computer at work (r=0,36, р<0,05), workbook checking (r=0,41, р<0,05), extracurricular work (r=0,35, р<0,05), time spent on household chores on Sunday (r=0,36, р<0,05), time spent on conversations with parents (r=0,36, р<0,05), emotional state (r=-0,35, р<0,05). Physiological markers are: sympathovagal balance (r=0,34, р<0,05), relative sympathetic activity (r=0,27, р<0,05), relative parasympathetic activity (r=-0,32, р<0,05). Conclusions: It has been found out that investigated physiological and socio-hygienic factors have “threshold” levels, the excess of which significantly affects teachers’ occupational burnout. Predictably adverse effects have: workload for persons under 42 years, non-contact (more than 4 points) and hyper-reflective communication model (more than 5 points), time spent on household chores on Sunday (more than 3 hours), emotional state (less than 5 points), relative parasympathetic activity above 50 %, sympathovagal balance above 1,3 relative units, autonomic regulation index below 6 %.

Predicting the Preference for Sad Music: The Role of Gender, Personality, and Audio Features

The “tragedy paradox” of music, avoiding experiencing negative emotions but enjoying the sadness portrayed in music, has attracted a great deal of academic attention in recent decades. Combining experimental psychology research methods and machine learning techniques, this study (a) investigated the effects of gender and Big Five personality factors on the preference for sad music in the Chinese social environment and (b) constructed sad music preference prediction models using audio features and individual features as inputs. Statistical analysis found that males have a greater preference for sad music than females do, and that gender and the extraversion factor are involved in significant two-way interactions. The best-performing random forest regression shows a low predictive effect on the preference for sad music ( <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$R^{2} =0.138$ </tex-math></inline-formula> ), providing references for music recommendation systems. Finally, the importance-based model interpretation feature reveals that, in addition to the same music inputs (audio features), the perceived relaxation and happiness of music play an important role in the prediction of sad music preferences.

Sports selection in football as a rational system of a pedagogical search talented people in the sports industry

The study attempts to close certain gaps in the theory and practice of studying the sports selection of football players. The development of this problem is important for the creation of a scientifically sound system of education, upbringing, training, improvement and development of young and professional footballers, for the process of training football specialists, and is, above all, to find a modern theoretical and methodological justification for scientific and methodological and practical support of sports selection in football.&#x0D; Sports selection is a pedagogical process of finding the most talented people who are able to achieve high results in sports. Sports selection should solve the problem of identifying promising individuals who, thanks to a well-thought-out process of education and training can "grow" in outstanding athletes.&#x0D; Sports selection in football is a system of organizational and methodological activities consisting of pedagogical, physiological, psychological, sociological, genetic, medical and biological research methods, which reveal the abilities and suitability of children, adolescents, young people to play football. The purpose of sports selection in football is to predict the possibility of achieving high competitive results at the optimal age.&#x0D; There is a need to join the research of individual development options of each gifted young football player. This can bring closer to solving an important theoretical and practical problem – based on the ratio of age and individual characteristics of the unity of education, upbringing, training and improvement of a gifted child in the football aspect to determine individual and typical options for future football.

The Psychological Attitudes of the People in the Face of Disasters According to the Qur’an

İnsan, imtihan edilmek üzere gönderildiği dünya hayatında çeşitli musibetler ile karşılaşır. Kur’ân, insana düşen görevin musibet zamanında sabretmek, bolluk zamanında ise şükretmek olduğunu hatırlatır. İn-san, musibetlerle karşılaştığında gerek inancı gerekse psikolojik yapısı nedeniyle çeşitli tutumlar sergiler. Bu tutumların neticesinde Allah’a yakınlaşır veya O’ndan uzaklaşır. Bu çalışmanın amacı insanların musi-betler karşısında sergiledikleri tutumları âyetler ışığında tespit edebilmektir. Musibetler açısından mü’min ve kâfir tutumları birbirinden tamamen farklıdır. Mü’min, musibetler karşısında sabır, dua, tevekkül ve ibret alma gibi tutumlar sergilerken inkârcı alay etme, nankörlük, sorumluluğu başkasının üzerine atma, mazeret arama ve umutsuzluğa düşme gibi tamamen zıt tutumlar sergiler. Kur’ân, insanın başına gelebi-lecek musibetleri önceden haber vermekte ve bu musibetlere hazırlıklı olunmasını tavsiye etmektedir. Fakat bu çalışmada musibetler hakkında önceden bilgi sahibi olmanın sadece mü’minlerin tutumları üzerinde olumlu etki yaptığı tespit edilmiştir. Peygamberlerin musibetler hakkında önceden verdikleri bilgilerin, gösterdikleri mucizelerin ve her türlü ikna çabalarının, inkârcıların tutumlarını değiştirmediği hatta onlarda haktan uzaklaşmayı daha da arttırdığı görülmüştür. Dolayısıyla ulaşılan bu sonuç, Kur’ân’ın açıkça ifade ettiği gibi ancak ruhen ve zihnen hakka açık olan insanların bilgiye ulaştıktan sonra onu ken-di yararlarına kullanabileceğini göstermektedir. Kur’ân, tefsir ve din psikolojisi alanlarında literatür tara-ması metodu kullanılarak hazırlanan bu çalışma, Kur’ân’ın, musibetler karşısında insandan beklediği olumlu ve olumsuz tutumları tespit etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma, gerek musibet çeşitleri gerekse bun-lar karşındaki insan tutumları açısından Kur’ân’ın bizlere aktardığı hususlar ile sınırlıdır. Her insanın psi-kolojik yapısı ve istenilen seviyede dinî tutum geliştirme gayreti farklı olmakla beraber bu çalışmada müs-lümanın musibetler karşısında nasıl davranması gerektiğini ortaya koyarak musibetler gelmeden onlara hazırlanmalarına katkı sağlamayı hedeflemektedir.

Systematic review of the content and methods of empirical psychological research on LGBTQ and SGM populations in the new millennium.

Systematic review of the content and methods of empirical psychological research on LGBTQ and SGM populations in the new millennium.

Hybrid System of Emotion Evaluation in Physiotherapeutic Procedures.

Nowadays, the dynamic development of technology allows for the design of systems based on various information sources and their integration into hybrid expert systems. One of the areas of research where such systems are especially helpful is emotion analysis. The sympathetic nervous system controls emotions, while its function is directly reflected by the electrodermal activity (EDA) signal. The presented study aimed to develop a tool and propose a physiological data set to complement the psychological data. The study group consisted of 41 students aged from 19 to 26 years. The presented research protocol was based on the acquisition of the electrodermal activity signal using the Empatica E4 device during three exercises performed in a prototype Disc4Spine system and using the psychological research methods. Different methods (hierarchical and non-hierarchical) of subsequent data clustering and optimisation in the context of emotions experienced were analysed. The best results were obtained for the k-means classifier during Exercise 3 (80.49%) and for the combination of the EDA signal with negative emotions (80.48%). A comparison of accuracy of the k-means classification with the independent division made by a psychologist revealed again the best results for negative emotions (78.05%).

The use of research methods in the South African Journal of Psychology

Research methods play an important role in the outcome of research projects and publication, which contribute to various aspects of a country’s development and well-being. This study explored the current use of research methods in psychological research within South Africa. The South African Journal of Psychology was chosen to represent a sample for this investigation. A systematised review was used to discern what research methods are being used, how these methods are being used and for what topics. Thus, 116 articles published in the South African Journal of Psychology from 2013 to 2017 were categorised. Research articles in the selected sample generally provided fewer details with regard to the applied methodology. Therefore, only the reported methodology in these articles is documented in this study. The type of research methods used in the South African Journal of Psychology focused mainly on quantitative and qualitative methods. These methods were typically applied to 10 research topics of which Social Psychology was most dominant, and Education and Learning least dominant. Data collection mostly consisted of questionnaires or interviews using samples of convenience with various techniques of data analysis. The results are discussed from the perspective of a national and an international study to highlight South Africa’s research position with regard to international publications. Overall, this investigation shows the uniqueness of South African research, areas for future study and research development, considering international trends.

Mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (message 2)

This article continues the review of the complex of mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (from anosognosia to severe anxiety and depressive disorders) described in message 1. Significant correlations were found between a number of indicators of experimental psychological research methods and the data from the questionnaire developed by us, which allows speaking about the influence of strategies for coping with stress behavior in doctors of various profiles on the quality of life and their mental responses.

СУЧАСНИЙ СТАН ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ОЦІНКИ ДОСТОВІРНОСТІ ПОВІДОМЛЕНОЇ ІНФОРМАЦІЇ

Introduction. The article reveals aspects of the current state and prospects of assessing the credibility of the reported information. There is an increase in the number of psychological research methods, new technologies for improvement the verification of the information accuracy. The development of the empirical sciences of today has given rise to the development of various, means, methods, ways, and technologies of lie detection, which are currently used to achieve this goal by different technical means.At the same time, the issue of assessing the credibility of the reported information is still relevant and has not been fully investigated to date. For this reason, the purpose of the article is to analyze the current state and identify perspective technologies for assessing the credibility of the reported information. Scientific methods as the analysis, conceptualization, synthesis and systematization were used to achieve the purpose of the article.Results. Specialists in the field of analysis and prediction of human behavior have paid particular attention to the of instrumental credibility assessment methods, recently based on psychophysiology and include such hardware as encephalograph, MRI, polygraph and eye tracker and more. This is driven by researchers' aspirations to deal with highly credible criteria and metrics, although finding and establishing objective relationships remains a challenge. The long-standing world practice of polygraph use proves that PDD play a rather specific but important role in the life of modern society. The main (traditional) functions of PDD, as a rule, include: - personnel selection; integrity and loyalty checks; increasing of efficiency of carrying out of service investigations (inspections). The following are optional features: prevention and prophylaxis of corruption and other offenses among staff; in-depth study of personality; gaining new scientific knowledge.Originality. Significant methods of assessment of reliability, which are based on new knowledge and include new technological solutions, such as eye tracker or image recognition technology, are becoming widespread. A large number of new (and re-processed existing) metadata becomes possible to analyze with the emergence of a flexible, sometimes self-improving, software product (algorithm)Concluion. Creation of new technologies and improvement of existing ones, open up new opportunities in solving the problems that are facing the specialists. Significant improvement can be achieved through a specific combination of different methods (approaches) to assessing the credibility of the reported information. The promising directions in this area can be considered the introduction of complex systems of remote assessment of reliability and improvement of the existing mathematical apparatus.

Inclusive Education for Ethnic Minorities in the Developing World: The Case of Alternative Learning System for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines

Education is integral to achieving sustainable development. It is through education that an improved quality of life ensues with people’s acquisition of knowledge and skills beneficial to society, at large. Inclusive education, however, is an issue among countries with marginalized ethnic groups. In Europe, the onslaught of migrants from various parts of the world challenges educational systems to be more attuned to the needs of children of migrant families. In Asia, on the other hand, a gnawing concern is for education to reach indigenous peoples in rural areas. This paper examines how inclusive education is key to accomplishing Sustainable Development Goal 4 which is “to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. It tackles the accessibility of alternative learning systems in the developing world, with the Philippines as a case in point. This paper focuses on the process of interface utilized by the Philippines’ Department of Education and the Ayta, an indigenous group living in the Philippine province of Zambales to address the unique conditions of this marginalized ethnic minority. It also investigates the effects of these indigenization efforts on the Ayta’s cultural rights. This paper uses mixed methods such as key informant interview, focus group discussion, survey questionnaire, secondary research and Filipino psychology research methods. This paper underscores how partnership between government and stakeholders is significant in arriving at the goal of inclusive education. This is reflected in the collaborative relationship fostered between the Philippine government and the Ayta and how the partnership positively affected the Ayta’s cultural rights based on a more culturally-appropriate educational curriculum.&#x0D; Key words: inclusive education, indigenous people’s education framework, alternative learning system, ethnic minorities, Philippines

Mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (message 1)

The article considers various mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, based on a brief scientific analysis of the literature and experimental psychological research methods. It has been found that currently, the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on medical workers causes a complex of mental reactions (from anosognosia to severe anxiety and depressive disorders) and is accompanied by an increase in general anxiety. This pilot study showed the need for further analysis of the problem under consideration.