Petukhova I. O. Experimental and Educational Ideas of I. Sikorsky

Petukhova I. O. , Associate Professor of the Psychology and Sociology Department of National University of State Tax Service of Ukraine.

Abstract
The analysis of the psychological and pedagogical heritage of I. Sikorsky presented in the article reveals the major views regarding the research into the child's personality. The author outlines the approaches that the scientist considered the most influential and weighty in the process of differentiation of the child's psychological make-up. The article also features a general description of I. Sikorsky's views on the causes of mental deviations.

Key words: working capacity, fatigability, intellectual work, methods of diagnostics, stages of development.

References

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