1983'3, p.118
Asmolov A. G.
On the subject-matter of the psychology of personality
(RESUME)

An attempt is made to constitute the subjectmatter of the psychology of personality. A new determinational scheme of personality development is introduced, which underlies that social environment and individual properties by themselves can not pre-determine personality, they can influence it only after having been transformed within the goal-directed acting with objects. The latter is considered the system-setting principle and the moving force behind the development of personality. Different levels of a personality's engagement in the system of social relations have been established, and the requirements to units to be used in the analysis of the personality structure are stated.