Cognitive motivation as a determinant of readiness for self-development of older adolescents
The article presents the results of the study of the readiness for self-development of older adolescents with different cognitive motivation. The study used tests and methods to determine the readiness of older adolescents for self-development, the diagnosis of the realization of self-development needs, the features of cognitive motivation, the motives for educational activity. The respondents included 50 students of older teenage age. Based on the obtained data, the statistical analysis was performed and the results were interpreted. The correlation was established between the indicator of self-development and external / internal motivation; the readiness for self-improvement and the motives of self-determination, selfimprovement, personal meaning.