To date, psychodiagnostics is involved in solving a wide range of problems

Topic 2. History of development and current state
1. Psychological diagnostics in myths and legends
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2. Creation of extreme situations. The intense conditions of exams, tests that put a
person on the brink between life and death, weakened psychological defenses and
made it possible to more accurately diagnose a person's personal properties and
capabilities. Modern psychodiagnostic procedures also include elements of tension and
stress.
You can partly learn about how testing took place in Russia from the story of A.P.
Chekhov "Exam for rank". If we analyze the "past" psychodiagnostic procedures, we
can see in them the signs that a modern diagnostician uses.
A peculiar continuity is observed in the following.
Scientific psychological diagnostics was preceded by naive psychological
diagnostics, the content of which is determined by physiognomy, phrenology,
graphology, palmistry, and dermatoglyphics.
religious and philosophical teachings of Chan Buddhism.
A rigorous system for diagnosing school readiness
existed with Pythagoras.
Physiognomy (from two Greek words “nature” and “knowing”) is the doctrine of
the connection between the external appearance of a person and his belonging to a
certain type of personality. Physiognomy is based on the idea that by the external signs
of a person his psychological characteristics can be established. In particular, facial
expressions reflect some personality traits. For a long time physiognomy
Every three years, the emperor himself examined officials in six arts: music, archery,
horseback riding, the ability to read, the ability to write, knowledge of rituals and
ceremonies. In addition, the behavior of officials in everyday life was assessed. Such a
system of professional diagnostics existed for quite a long time, and then it was
complicated. It additionally included mandatory knowledge of civil law, military affairs,
finance, agriculture and geography.
3. Testing had a social focus and was never used for entertainment.
Psychodiagnostics has always promptly responded to the urgent needs of society and
acted as one of the possible levers of influence on social and economic life.
Curious and to a certain extent instructive system of diagnostics