The Reflexive Aspect of the Perception of Each Other by the Subjects of the Conflict

Abstract

The study of the mechanisms of the formation of images by the subjects of conflict interaction is one of the urgent areas of modern psychology, including the psychology of virtual reality. The reflexive aspect of the perception of the subjects of the conflict became the subject of the presented work. In the framework of the experimental study, the level of reflexivity (A.V. Karpov), the styles of leading behavior (the Thomas-Kilmann method), as well as the assessment of the personality image (the Petrovsky-Uvarina scaling method) were diagnosed. The experiment was carried out using the created installation “Experiment for the Study of Negotiations” (idea of VA Lefebvre, modification of BI Khasan). It was shown that the opponent’s image significantly changes in respondents with a “low” level of reflexivity. Respondents with a “high” level of reflection are more differentiated in their assessment of the opponent in conflict interaction. The change in the opponent’s image is carried out to a greater extent by the respondents who end the conflict interaction with a compromise. It was revealed that a change in leading behavior in a conflict is more typical for respondents with “medium” and “high” levels of reflection. A statistically significant positive relationship was determined between the level of reflexivity and a change in the style of behavior in conflict interaction. The results obtained in the future will make it possible to simulate the process of getting out of the conflict and use the potential of virtual reality to work with conflict situations.