Prosocial behavior as a condition for conscious perception of the world through information and psychological security of subjects 60+

Berestok Tatyana Borisovna

The article is devoted to the problems of prosocial behavior as a condition of information and psychological security of subjects 60+. It is shown that elderly people are vulnerable to information threats and manipulations due to changes in their socio-professional status, psychophysiological and age-psychological characteristics. The limitations of the perception of the world in old age, which reduce their information and psychological security, are described. The essence of the information and psychological security of the elderly person's personality is revealed. The essence of prosocial behavior and its normative regulation are described. The task of creating socio-psychological conditions for the development of socio-psychological skills of an active type of normative regulation of prosocial behavior in the elderly is considered. It is shown that the achievement of information and psychological security of elderly people requires the creation of conditions for awareness of information threats, the provision of socio-psychological assistance in the development of information and communication technologies, in raising awareness of potential threats to the modern information environment.

Keywords:elderly people, information and psychological security, prosocial behavior, normative regulation of prosocial behavior.