Predominance of signal systems and personality types (according to I. P. Pavlov)
The article discusses the hypothesis of I. P. Pavlov about the existence of two signal systems and personality types depending on the predominance of the first or second signal system. The main direction in the study of the physiological basis of the interaction of signal systems among the researchers was headed by M. B. Teplov and his student V. D. Nebylitsyn, who studied the influence of higher nervous activity (interaction of signal systems) on the structure of temperament, the formation of character and self. Currently, the search mechanisms of the higher nervous activity of man, influencing the manifestation of temperament, character, abilities, and selfhood of the person, continue to engage the researchers of FEDERAL state scientific institution «Psychological Institute of RAO» in order to give psychology an applied nature, which is especially needed in education, vocational guidance and personnel management.