SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF GENERATION Z STUDENTS

Abstract

Purpose: the purpose of the article is to justify the need to study the characteristics of generation Z (centennials) in the psychological and pedagogical context, as their socialization occurs in radically different conditions from previous generations. Methodology and Approach: the author analyzes scientific and popular sources, which allowed us to systematize a number of trends in the formation of psychological characteristics of centennials, and offers some pedagogical measures that are adequate to the peculiarities of perception and processing of information by representatives of the digital generation. Results: the results of a local (28 people) empirical study are presented, which refute the data of some scientific studies on the decline in morals among modern youth. Theoretical / practical significance: the students of the empirical sample showed a focus on interaction, cooperation, found low levels of egoistic and marginal orientation, recorded the severity of the socio-psychological attitude to altruism.

Keywords

• generation Z
• centennials
• digitalization
• psychological features of generation Z
• university students