PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS AS A SCIENTIFIC BRANCH OF PSYCHOLOGY
The article considers the source of the term "diagnostics". According to the modern General scientific view, diagnostics means recognition of the state of a certain object or system by quickly registering its essential parameters and then referring to a certain diagnostic category in order to predict its behavior and decide on the possibilities of influencing this behavior in the desired direction. It is noted that in the scientific literature the term «psychodiagnostics» is interpreted ambiguously. At the same time, psychodiagnostics is considered, firstly, as a science; secondly - as a practical activity of a psychologist. It is also noted that there is a division into theoretical and practical psychodiagnostics. It is also highlighted that there is an understanding of psychodiagnostics as a practical activity to assist in solving the problem faced by the client. The analysis of various sources, and concluded that in modern psychology, researchers define psychodiagnostics as a form of psychological experimentation; as a set of techniques and methods of formation of psychological diagnosis (evaluation); as a branch of psychology, studying the laws of making a reliable psychological diagnosis, the practice of psychological tools, principles, methods and means of psychological evaluation. This position G. Fechner, who formulated the first quantitative law in psychology and first substantiated the psychophysical method of research. The analysis of scientific sources and concluded that psychodiagnostics is a field of psychological science, developing methods of recognition and measurement of individual psychological characteristics of the individual.