The problem of subjectivity in correctional pedagogy and special psychology

Abstract

© Medwell Journals, 2015. The interdisciplinary focus of a comparative study concerning the subjectivity individual development options in a normal state and at pathological conditions helps to identify the general and specific laws and mechanisms underlying the diversity of their manifestations. The consideration of subjectivity problem for a man with disabilities is relevant due to the fact that the substantive characteristics, the analysis of this phenomenon in the framework of a man's experience may be the basis of effective strategies development concerning the use of psychological resources and the self-realization of an individual within limited abilities. Therefore, the aim of our study is to examine the manifestations of subjectivity within the limited opportunity terms. The use of representation effects study method for a person with disabilities in others, i.e., the method of "reflected subjectivity", allowed to establish the class of previously understudied phenomena: an important element of self-rehabilitation and self-actualization is an active organization of personal help and one's own constant readiness to help others, the use of its unique situation for a personal and creative growth. The study showed that a man believing himself as a subject with disabilities is reflected in other people, finding in them a perfect representation and continuation. The subjectivity provides a disabled person an effective autonomous operation. The obtained results allow to consider the manifestations of a disabled person subjectivity as a psychological phenomenon and contribute to the generation of his new qualities that determine the further establishment and development of a man's multi-dimensional world.