The Formation of Concentration Processes in Older Preschoolers: Results of the Study
The article is devoted to the issue of overcoming egocentric tendencies in preschool age. The purpose of the article is to present the results of a study on the formation of decentration processes in older preschool children. The hypothesis is based on the assumption that the formation of decentration in older preschoolers will be successful with the implementation of the following psychological and pedagogical conditions: the organization of psychological and pedagogical activity in the direction from the development of cognitive decentration to the formation of social; the use of game tasks and game exercises in a set of measures involving orientation in the graphic space of images; actualization of preschoolers' ability to reflect on their own actions, the formation of the ability to take the position of another. The results of the study are as follows: data were obtained on the peculiarity of manifestations of egocentrism in older preschool children; positive dynamics in the development of decentration processes in children under the influence of these conditions was revealed.