Abstract: the article considers the resource function of subjective activity in the system of multi-level properties of integral individuality in the aspect of developing critical thinking skills. Based on the analysis of empirical data, it is shown that the formation of critical thinking skills is determined by the activity of multi-level properties of the integral individuality, but to a greater extent by the activity of secondary properties of the individual and personality properties; the significant effect of subjective activity as a resource for developing critical thinking skills in the student age is justified. Conclusions are drawn about the fundamental importance of the research results in the development of psychological and pedagogical programs, trainings aimed at developing critical thinking skills and developing subjective activity in students at different stages of education at the university.
Keywords: higher education, integral individuality, critical thinking, skills of the XXI century, multi-level individuality, subjective activity, universal competence