(2017) Science and education, 3, 32-36. Odessa.

Nataliia Sieromakha,
PhD (Candidate of Psychological Sciences), associate professor,
Department of Defectology and Psychological Correction,
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University,
1, Gogolia Square, Starobilsk, Ukraine

STUDYING THE FEATURES OF MENTALLY RETARDED
ADOLESCENTS’ NONVERBAL BEHAVIOUR

The paper is focused on the psychological essence of the concept “nonverbal behaviour”; its components have been specified, namely: understanding other people’s nonverbal behaviour, the ability to correlate nonverbal characteristics corresponding to a certain emotional state; the level of verbal communication development, social experience in the process of assessing other people’s behaviour according to the standards determined by moral criteria. The programme and the main findings of experimental research of the peculiarities of nonverbal behaviour in mentally retarded adolescents are represented.

nonverbal behaviour, behaviour interpretation, the level of awareness, mental retardation, adolescence.

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