regulation, ordering. In psychology, regulation is aimed at controlling the course and effectiveness of mental processes, individual actions and activities as a whole, attitudes to life situations and oneself.
Regulatory processes help to organize and manage activities. Activity is an activity aimed at achieving a certain goal (educational activity is aimed at obtaining and systematizing knowledge, labor activity is the creation of a useful product, creative activity is aimed at generating new images and solutions, etc.), therefore, regulation begins with the process of goal formation. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to draw up a plan, i.e. a sequence of actions that will lead to the desired result. In order for planning to be successful, it is important to make a forecast of the impact of the environment on the implementation of target actions (planning and forecasting regulation).