PECULIARITIES OF PERCEPTION SELECTIVENESS IN PEOPLE WITH NICOTINE ADDICTION

Abstract

This article deals with one of the most important issue of contemporaneity, the problem of nicotine addiction. In our research we decided to explore the characteristics of attention in individuals with nicotine dependence. Objective: to produce a comparative analysis of attention people with nicotine addiction and the norm. Thus, in the course of the study were obtained by the strong differences between the compared groups: people with nicotine dependence are characterized by lower levels of stability, selectivity, shifting attention. People with nicotine dependence have increased nervous tension, and therefore they are smokers. Psycho-emotional state (anxiety, excitement) participants, monitoring the experimenter could become factors affecting the results of the study. The practical significance is that the results of this research can be used in the analysis of mechanisms to prevent nicotine addiction and the practical application of recommendations, assist psychologists. Theoretical significance: strengthening the knowledge about the effects of tobacco smoking on psychological development, namely the development of attention. Preliminary results of this study were published in the International Conference of young scientists "Psychology of the XXI century: past and future» (20-April 23, 2015 onwards). We have increased the experimental and the control sample and received generally similar results. In the future, we are planning a larger scale study to the attention of persons with addictive behavior.