Attribution of successes and failures as a resource for designing professional and personal development of students

The article provides definitions of attribution of success and failure, professional and personal development. The authors present the results of the identified implicit ideas of young men and girls about non-cognitive factors of life success. Full-time students chose historical and modern figures as examples of successful people. In the process of qualitative analysis of students’ reasoning about the life path of famous personalities, a high level of development of non-cognitive factors and predictors of future personal achievements, such as strength of character, fortitude, the ability to learn independently, dedication, obsession with an idea, the ability to manage one’s time, the support of loved ones, and others, was highlighted. In order to consolidate the acquired knowledge about the factors contributing to the success of known and reference personalities for the subjects, students developed and presented a draft individual program for personal self-development. Physiological and intellectual development have been identified as the primary areas of self-development for modern boys and girls. Among possible significant risks in the implementation of the developed program of self-development students pointed out the lack of time, laziness, procrastination and loss of motivation.