ABSTRACT
Social behavior may be assessed quantitatively, in terms of the level of active social involvement of people, and qualitatively, in respect of the character and the direction of this active involvement, which may be constructive or destructive, and conscious or spontaneous. Actual social behavior is richer and more varied than the requirements of a social structure and normative prescriptions; it varies broadly among social groups and individuals with their different interests. The deindividualization of social life contradicts the very foundations of Marxist philosophy. Stressing the value of the individual and personal element under conditions of a growing bureaucratization of society carried with it a latent social criticism, forcing people to reflect a bit on the extent to which their real life corresponded to the proclaimed standard. The key problem in the psychology of restructuring is a consciousness and feeling of social responsibility.
