FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPONENTS OF EMOTION UNDERSTANDING AT YOUNGER PRESCHOOLERS

The article is devoted to the issue of emotion understanding development at chil- dren aged 3–4. The concept “emotion understanding” is considered both a component of emo- tional competence and the foundation of preschoolers' social competence. The data of modern foreign psychological researches of the features of development of the various components of emotion understanding at younger preschoolers (e.g., recognition of emotions, understanding of the external causes of emotions, understanding of the influence of a reminder on the per- son's present emotional state, etc.) are discussed