The concept of P.Ya.Galperin in the context of modern methodology

Abstract

The article is devoted to the concept of an outstanding Soviet psychologist, Petr Yakovlevich Galperin, in the context of modern methodology. The need to preserve the continuity of psychological knowledge, the careful combination of the past and the present science, is emphasized, but the need to resort to classical concepts in a new vein is in the light of the challenges facing psychology today. It is revealed, as in the light of the urgent tasks facing modern psychological science, we can take a fresh look at the legacy of P.Ya.Galperin. The analysis of the concept of orienting activity in relation to such problems of the modern world as its multiplicity, variability and uncertainty is given. It is shown as an idea of the subject of psychology as an orientation activity that can be revealed in a new way in the study of the transitivity of the modern world. An analysis is made of the possibilities that the use of the P.Ya.Galperin approach to the image problem for studies of construction, the construction of the image of the world and the image of the self, identity in the modern changing world. The approach of the classic to the understanding of needs, experiences, will and its relevance is shown in the light of solving the problem of personal orientation in complex life situations in an era of transitivity. Attention is drawn to how ideas about orienting activity can be used to expand the possibility of studying coping strategies and applied to the understanding of the unconscious. The question is raised about the need to understand the connection of psychology with other fields of knowledge about man in transitivity studies and, in this connection, interdisciplinarity in the approach of P.Ya.Galperin is revealed and highly appreciated. The interdisciplinarity and multiparadigmality of modern science is underlined, which manifests itself in the emergence of new categories that can not be included in the old grid, as well as new relationships between categories. An estimation of P.Ya.Galperin's approach from the point of view of tendencies of modern methodology is given.