THE PHENOMENON OF CONVENTIONAL OF VALUES, ITS DEEP PSYCHOLOGICAL ESSENCE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of psychological importance of conventional values and the revealing of their influence on formation of the idealized self-image of a person. The article contains theoretical approaches to the problem of values and their comparison with the understanding of values phenomenon in the psychodynamic approach.
The psychological content of the category of conventional values as well as behavioral aspects of their un- derstanding has been revealed in the dissertation. The more intensive manifestation of the defensive tendency, the higher will be conventionality of values. The article identifies two types of conventional values: infantile (deep psychological) and situational. Also deep psychological conditions of conventional values formation have been revealed, their connection with psychological defenses and their influence on formation of the ide- alized self-image of a person has been proved.
The connection between conventional and normative values has been stated, the peculiarities of the conven- tional values’ influence on the communicative processes have been studied.
It is substantiated the dependence of the subject's behavior on the conventionality of its values, formed under the influence of the experience. The influence of these values on the psychological characteristics of the subject is realized through the action of mechanisms of substitution, identification, compensation, etc.
It is revealed the relationship of conditional values with the expectations of the subject in confirmation the merits of the idealized “I”
The need of the subject’s conventional values psychological correction as well as adequacy of the ASPT method for their diagnostics and deep correction has been proved.