ONTOGENETIC ASPECTS OF HUMAN REFLECTION DEVELOPMENT: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM

Abstract

Aim. To identify the prerequisites and specifics of the reflection development in human ontogenesis. Methodology. Theoretical research methods were used. Based on the theoretical analysis of the works of domestic and foreign authors on the problem of reflection, its prerequisites in the pre-verbal period, during preschool childhood and the characteristics of reflection at the following age stages are determined. Results. Prerequisites for the reflection development are singled out; cognitive and communicative reflection is noted to actualize at junior school age, while personal reflection - at teen-age. The period of maturity is characterized by the actualization of various types and kinds of reflection in the subject’s vital activity. Research implications. The article offers a brief analysis of the prerequisites and features of the reflection development at various age stages up to the period of late maturity.

Keywords

• self-awareness
• reflection
• self-knowledge
• self-understanding
• age development
• ontogenesis