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Veraksa N. E., D'yachenko O. M.
The means of behavior regulation in pre-schoolers
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The construction and regulation of child behavior depends on the means ( the structure which unites cultural tools and actions) used by a child in the process of the orientation in reality. The analysis of anticipati-on of fairy-tales events by 5—6 years old children makes it possible to find three main means, three structures of the orientation. They are the normative-stabilized structure (the use of the norms), the sense-formative structure (the construction of child's personal position regarding reality) and dialectical-transformative structure (the operations with opposites).

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