INACCURACIES OF CHILDREN’S SOCIAL PERCEPTION: CONTEXT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF VALUES CONVEYED BY FOLKLORE

Abstract

The issue of inaccuracies of social perception of younger school-age children is discussed in the article. Such peculiarities of current globalized public life as information context of the child personality’s dispersion are emphasized. Attention is drawn to connections, errors of a child’s psychosocial development peculiarities and social perception, distinguished in the process of education. The data of the research carried out show that during the process of education values conveyed by literature, folklore, and works used for personal development are perceived ambiguously. Children understand requirements established for them in the process of education, correspondingly interpret semantic content of works conveyed to them, however, by acting independently they integrate the knowledge acquired, values conveyed, models of behaviour grafted in the experience available related with truths promoted by commercial medias presenting peak experiences. The research results encourage paying attention to formation of the value system of younger school age children, possibilities of correction of the social perception. KEYWORDS : social perception, younger school-age children, folklore.