CHOICE AS ACTIVITY - ITS INDIVIDUAL DETER MINANTS AND POSSIBILITIES OF TRAINING

The study deals with a problem of choice. Preliminary analysis allows the authors to distinguish at least three kinds of choice processes: ( 1) Single choice with both alternatives and criteria given to the subj ect; (2) Sense-based choice with the alternatives already given and cr iteria of choice still to be construed, and (3) Personal or existentio nal choice with both alternatives and criteria to be construed in the process. Two experiments performed by the authors provide some data on personality variables connected to the ability to make more meaningfu l and substantiated choices. The authors succeeded in elaboration of a training procedure based on the understanding of choice process in te rms of internal activity that proved to be efficient in improving the main parameters of sense-based choice.