THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COGNITIVE SPHERE OF STUDENTS AT THE INITIAL STAGE OF STUDY AT A UNIVERSITY
The article is a description of the types of work used by the author in the practice of teaching psychology in practical and seminar classes for freshmen, ensuring the development of the level of indicators of the cognitive sphere of students. Approach to the development of the cognitive sphere of beginners entry into the basics science students theoretically and practically tested in long-term studies with observation and diagnostic procedures, described on the basis of a formative experiment. The examples given in the article indicate the possibilities of using such tools and methods of work in the process of teaching psychology. The author confirms the hypothesis that the conditions specially created in the learning process contribute to the development of the parameters of the cognitive sphere of the individual.