Representations of conscience as a reflection of the moral and psychological formation of personality
The results of research of social ideas about the conscience of senior pupils and students are presented. A comparison is made with views on the conscience of elderly Russians. The analysis of the results showed that the quantitative and substantial completeness of the notions of conscience among high school students, students and elderly people differs, although it contains stable, characteristic for all groups of respondents, positively colored elements. Representations of young people about conscience are meaningful and structurally poorer than those of older people about conscience.