THE USE OF FRACTAL DRAWING IN PSYCHOLOGY TUTORIALS WITH STUDENTS AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
On the one hand, the topic of «Phenomenon of Unconscious and Psychoanalysis» is interesting, but difficult for students to understand, and on the other hand, it is not easy to explain it from the teacher’s point of view. Therefore, in order to demonstrate the operation of the psyche components according to Freud, we us ed the method of fractal drawing by T. Z. Poluektova in Psychology tutorials on this topic. Students were asked to use individual drawing to immerse themselves in the level of their own subconscious. Fractal drawing is a projective technique, as it is a reflection of the internal state of a person, a kind of slice of the unconscious component of the psyche. In the process of qualitative analysis of the drawing using the criteria selected by the author, we were able to reveal data not only about the actual psycho-emotional and physiological state of each person who performed the drawing, but also information about his or her childhood, relationships with other people, and internal conflicts. Conscious comprehension became possible eduring individual interviews as a result of the exteriorization of the unconscious information. Thus, a qualitative analysis of the drawing results allowed us to understand the mechanism of psyche functioning from psychoanalysis point of view and to identify the value of psychoanalysis in psychotherapeutic practice.