IMPLICIT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY SCALE

Abstract

Relevance of the study. Today, Ukrainian psychodiagnostics needs modern psychodiagnostic tools designed to serve the benefit of psychological science and practice. For the first time, the concept of "implicit personality theory" was proposed in the middle of the last century and was used to denote naive, unscientific knowledge about human psychology. The term "implicit" stands for internal, unexpressed, and, at the same time, undeniable, unconditional. Implicit theory is a set of views and judgments of a person that underlie the regulation of his behavior. Subsequently, this psychological category was clarified in content, its structure was determined, the basic functions and sources of genesis were shown.

In the development of the concept of "implicit theories", a large role was played by the cognitive direction, which expresses the idea that people usually put forward hypotheses and formulate theories (assumptions), which become the explanatory basis of their worldview.

Implicit theories are subjective explanatory schemes of objective reality, unique and original ideas about oneself, the world and events, other people and their actions. They act as schemes necessary for building a holistic picture of the world, performing a regulatory and prognostic function, the basis for stereotyping, causal attribution and other phenomena of interpersonal perception. The formation of implicit theories is associated with the action of many factors, primarily with personal experience. They relate to a certain part of reality contained in the life context of the individual.

Results. The Ukrainian-language version of the methodology for studying implicit theories of personality was adapted. The validity and reliability of the methodology have been proven.

Conclusions. The presented standardized diagnostic method for studying implicit theories of personality is a valid and reliable tool for diagnosing the degree of development of ideas about the possibilities of changes and improvement of personal qualities and abilities of a person.

It was shown that implicit theories of an enriched personality predict higher self-efficacy, the idea that successes and failures in interpersonal communication and professional activity can be controlled.