THE ROLE OF METACOGNITIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE PROCESS OF INTRA- AND INTERSUBJECTIVE MONITORING OF CLAIMS AND TRENDS IN THE BEHAVIOR OF CONTEMPORARY YOUTH

Abstract

 Judgments underlie actions and decisions of a person. In some cases, they are based on explicit criteria and logical justifications, and in others they are made intuitively, based on previous experience and general impression. An individual relies on intuitive judgments in any of the areas of his activity. Numerous studies of implicit learning confirm that intuitive judgments in some situations are even more accurate than decisions based on explicit knowledge. At the same time, it is known that intuitive judgments are subject to errors and distortions that need to be detected and corrected. The process of monitoring cognitive activity can be carried out both by the subject of cognition himself at the individual (intra-subjective) level, and at the interpersonal level (intersubjective), when the assessment of decision processes occurs through interaction with other people. The monitoring and control of cognitive processes is provided by the metacognitive system at the intra-subjective level. Metacognitive experiences occupy an important place in the human metacognitive system. They act as subjective markers, signaling the quality of the course of cognitive processes, they are involved in the formation of motivation and regulation of cognitive activity in general. The purpose of our study was to explore the role of metacognitive experiences in the process of intra- and intersubjective monitoring of claims and trends in the behavior of contemporary youth. The topicality of this topic is determined by the significant role of metacognitive experiences in self-realization and the achievement of emotional well-being of the subjects of claims. This study was undertaken to investigate the claims and tendencies in behavior of young people of student age to expand the possibilities of controlling the processes of realizing young people's aspirations. The study embraced 145 boys and girls of student age. To conduct the research, the following methods were used: a questionnaire for studying trends in fashion behavior of young people; "The scale of attitudes towards fashion" (SAF) proposed; a questionnaire for assessing the level of claims. It was found that the level of students' claims mediates the formation of judgments about the effectiveness of their own activities and about the metacognitive experiences of another person and the effectiveness of their making intuitive judgments. In addition, the level of claims influences the evaluation of the reliability of their own knowledge, and the patterns of eliminating individual errors based on information received from another person. The data obtained give grounds to conclude that the level of claims of contemporary youth constitutes a certain resource for the development of an individual's personality, the realization of his own activities, as well as for monitoring errors in making judgments.