CHARACTERISTIC OF PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ACTIVITIES OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGIST

Abstract

This paper examines the problem of orientation of individual as to professional activity. Its essence is to create suitable conditions by the society in order to prepare individual for conscious decision on the choice of future professional activity, awareness of oneself as a subject of specific professional activity and comparison of one’s own capabilities with psychological requirements of the profession to the specialist, awareness of one’s own responsibility for successful execution and implementation of one’s own abilities, self-regulation of behavior towards a positive outcome.