Myasishchev Vladimir Nikolaevich. General and experimental psychology of individuality
First he, like his father, wanted to become a lawyer, but,having finished the first course of the law faculty, student Myasishchev Vladimir Nikolayevich was transferred to a medical school. The boy was always interested in general and experimental psychology and psychology of individuality.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Myasishchev. Biography: childhood
The future scientist was born on July 11 in 1893 incity of Friedrichstadt (Latvia). Father, Nikolai Myasishchev, was a justice of the peace, and Vladimir Nikolaevich's mother, Evgenia Arsenyevna - the daughter of secret adviser Lavrov, was engaged in housekeeping.
After the death of his father, the family moved to the cityNikolaev, where he spent his childhood, Vladimir Nikolaevich. Having received an excellent home education, the boy began to give private lessons and financially help the family at the age of fourteen. Since childhood Myasishchev Vladimir Nikolayevich was fond of literature, music, visual arts - all this attracted him to the study of man, his thoughts, feelings, emotional experiences.
Young years of the scientist
During the First World War, the young scientist wentto serve as a brother of mercy in a psychiatric hospital in Sivoritsy of the Petrograd province, then worked in a hospital of this type in Gatchina, served as a paramedic in the village of Petrograd district. He could continue his studies only in 1919 and in the same year received a diploma of graduation from the institute.
His further life is connected with science. Working at the Pedological Reflexology Institute, Myasishchev Vladimir Nikolaevich worked in parallel at the State Institute for Brain Research, where he soon became the head of the psychiatry sector.
Beginning in 1921 Myasishchev began to teach independently at the highest pedological courses, and from 1929 he became a professor in the Department of Psychology.
Teachers Myasishchev
His main teacher and teacher was AlexanderFedorovich Lazursky, who died prematurely at forty-three. It was Lazursky who formed Vladimir Nikolaevich as a thoughtful scientist and as a caring, discerning doctor. Therefore, it was not accidental that it was VN Myasischev who took the place of the head of the best psychological laboratory, where he worked with Lazursky and Bekhterev before his death (1927).
By decision of Bekhterov, Vladimir Nikolayevich shouldwas to finish and prepare for publication the work of Lazursky "Classification of personalities." Working on this task, the scientist completely immersed himself in the study of the problem of a healthy and sick person. Understanding a person as an integral personality, where the body and personality are interconnected, Myasishchev, in order to explain the subjective, psychological feature of a person, has studied the objective and psychophysiological aspects.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Myasishchev. «Psychology of relations»
Later this remarkable scientist becameto study the system of relations of a person's personality. He first introduced the concept of "attitude" in psychology. The meaning of it was that the attitude is this (form), as a person reflects the world around him.
In the process of life, the person around him changesreality, and, correspondingly, his role and perception of the world picture change. Everyone has different ways: somebody has a very strong "picture" of this, and some do not really, but still his interaction with different facets of the world is changing. Vladimir Nikolaevich Myasishchev, as a confirmation of his theory, liked to rely on the practical work of AS Makarenko, who believed that it was impossible to isolate, "turn off" a person from relationships. And the worse, the "defective" relationship, the more they lead to deviations in the mind of man, his formation. And vice versa, the healthier social and pedagogical relations, the more they develop the moral and psychologically healthy qualities of a person.
The influence of labor on the development of personality
In the twenties of the last century, VN Myasishchev began to study the work of a person and especially paid time to the labor education of children. The scientist believed that labor forms a healthy person, if only it is properly treated.
In 1923, the scientist built the Institute of Laboreducation for sick (defective) children and for twelve months was his director. In addition to scientific works, the scientist was an active public figure. For example, he studied the impact of labor at the Triangle factory, studied the work of radio workers, teachers, actors. At the same time he prepared and published works, was a member of the editorial board of scientific journals.
The war years. Conclusion
During the Second World War, Myasischev remained in theLeningrad and survived the blockade, while leading the Bekhterev Research Institute, where he placed a temporary hospital. Even in these difficult years, the scientist did not leave work, he studied the influence of brain injuries, wounds. With the help of his research, Vladimir Nikolaevich was able to develop the consequences of the relationships of various factors in mental deviation.
Vladimir Myasishchev always with great respectspoke about colleagues, scientists who gave their own strengths in order to create a new domestic psychology and psychotherapy. He gave lectures to students and those who wanted to improve their qualifications. Conducted practical classes at the Bekhterev Research Institute. For fifty years the scientist has prepared a large number of psychologists and psychotherapists. His work did not remain without awards, Vladimir Nikolayevich kept medals, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of Lenin and many letters of thanks.
The scientist Myasishchev Vladimir Nikolaevich died on October 4, 1973. In his person Russia lost a great man.
