THE ROLE OF A PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Adaptation to professional activity is the process of a person entering a profession, expressed in its goals, content, technologies, means of implementation, order and intensity of activity, production and labor discipline, organizational rules and norms, and flexibility to other requirements. It is believed that external assistance from professional psychologists, including instructors, reduces the difficulties of adaptation and contributes to success in overcoming difficulties in ensuring adaptation to the social conditions in which a specialist's professional activity takes place. In this sense, the peculiarities of adaptation to professional activity have been analyzed.