Subject-object orientations for students with different learning profiles

Abstract

The relevance of the research problem due to the necessity of studying the psychology of students as a period of intense development of personal and activity-related characteristics among which there are basic life orientation of a person as a subject of own life to account for them in educational process. The purpose of this article is to identify the specifics of the subject-object orientations for students concerning general personal and professional orientation of a person trained for different profiles. The leading method to study this problem is the original questionnaire of the subject-object orientations in accordance with their structure allowing to identify the priority development of certain components of the subject-object orientations reflecting the creative or adaptive orientation of life and the high life or low locus of control. The findings suggest significant differences in the subject-object orientations of students carried out different career choices and ultimately a way of life. Students – future psychologists differ moderately expressed subjectivity, creative direction to internal and external world, decreases as the learning; students – future artists are characterized by bright creative direction; students ‒ the future military doctors are characterized by less bright subjectiveness and distinct adaptive orientation. The article can be useful in the process of training and education of students of different profile as well as in the development of training programs of different specialties.