Aesthetic Aspect of Perception in the Professional Activities of a Social Worker

The article analyses the essence and content of «perception» in the professional activity of a social worker and substantiates its aesthetic aspect. It is emphasised that an important structural element of the aesthetic consciousness of a social worker is aesthetic perception. It was determined that the basis of perception is the unity of various aspects and properties of an object acting as a complex stimulus. Perception depends not only on information from the senses but also on a person's mood, expectations, life experience, etc. In contrast to sensations, which reflect only individual properties and qualities of objects, perception is always integral and objective, it unites sensations coming from a large number of analysers. Aesthetic perceptions, which can be complete and incomplete, deep and superficial, fast (dynamic) and slow, stereotypical and non-stereotypical, etc., are analysed. It is substantiated that aesthetic perception is always a complex mental and spiritual process of the subject's activity, its understanding, and evaluation of both works of art and real phenomena of nature, society, etc. It is casually mentioned that aesthetic perception can be adequate and inadequate, it depends primarily on the general level of culture and artistic education of the subject of perception. Inadequacy of perception is often felt not only in the field of various types of art but also in the field of social work. It is proved that the aesthetic aspect of the problem of perception in the professional activity of a social worker with subjects who have special needs should acquire the character of continuity, dynamism and adequacy. At the same time, changes that occur not only in the process of the development of the patient's personality but also in the entire society should be taken into account.