Introduction. The relevance of the selected topic is justified that it’s need to improve the educational process in order to improve the quality of education and students satisfaction of higher educational institutions. One of the most effective ways to get feedback from students which is based on the results of studying the discipline is a questionnaire. However, the methodology of conducting questionnaires requires adjustments in the direction of increasing student engagement.

Objective. Determine the potential to use the student questionnaire method to improve the learning process and increase student satisfaction with the results of the study of disciplines.

Materials and Methods. The research methodology is based on an experiment involving the questioning of students, the subsequent modification of teaching practice is based on the results obtained and the questioning of students who studied the subject after the introduction of adjustments. The survey was conducted using a developed questionnaire that includes questions which are related to various aspects of learning.

Results. The results are obtained confirm the hypothesis that receiving feedback from students allows us to identify areas for improving the teaching process in order to increase the effectiveness of achieving learning outcomes and increase student satisfaction. The students who took part in the study not only evaluated various elements of the learning process, but also formulated specific suggestions for its improvement. The study showed the importance of using various, including interactive teaching methods and tasks, that contribute to the development of critical thinking, as well as receiving regular feedback from the teacher to increase student motivation. It’s based on these conclusions, the authors propose a unique tool that should be used by the teacher at the end of every lesson – reflection in the form of a cinquain.

Discussion. The obtained results which consistent with of other studies on the problems of student questionnaires to improve teaching practice. The survey also allows students to be involved in the process of building a program and choosing teaching methods based on their needs. One of the limitations of the approach used is the use of a single source of information in the form of feedback from students through questionnaires, while some studies emphasize the effectiveness of combining questionnaires with other methods of evaluating the quality of learning to increase the reliability of results. One of the limitations of the approach used is the using of a single source of information in the form of feedback from students through questionnaires, while some studies emphasize the effectiveness of combining questionnaires with other methods of evaluating the quality of learning to increase the reliability of results.

Introduction. The article is devoted to the understanding of speech facts related to the unjustified expansion of the functional and semantic field of diminutives in speech communication, contextually irrelevant for the lexical culture of the educational and professional space. There is a gap in the scientific literature which is devoted to the study of this topic in the context of the educational process at the university.

Objective. Study of the problem of the evaluative impact of the diminutive labeling of lexemes on the educational and communicative dialogue and the “improvement” of the sociolinguistic culture of the subjects of educational activity – the teacher and the student.

Materials and methods. Linguistic empirical methods were used: the method of partial sampling of scientific articles and the method of linguistic description of issues related to the influence of the evaluative function of diminutives on the communicative process in the field of educational and educational-industrial relations; a qualitative research method for studying specific cases based on linguistic observation of the range and frequency of inclusion of diminutive categories in educational communication.

Results. The main diminutive units used in the communicative practice of teachers are collected and systematized; analysis of these units was carried out by their estimated function as a marker of the teacher’s speech literacy boundaries.

Discussion. Exploring the language segment of the functioning and impact of the objective and emotional evaluativeness of diminutives on human consciousness and emotions, we emphasize the speaker’s attitude to reality, to the subject of speech, to the object of speech. The influence of the sociolinguistic factor and the pragmatic properties of the category of diminutivity on the speech act can generate a subjectively negative attitude towards the speaker’s linguistic personality. According to the results of the study, methodological guidelines on speech culture are given in order to increase speech behavioral competence in educational communication.

Introduction. The relevance of the study of the indicated topic lies in the insufficient study of the influence of means and methods used in laboratory classes on the performance of engineering students. The problem of improving academic performance is closely related to the motivation of learning and students’ involvement in the work in the classroom. The discipline “Materials Science” is a basic discipline for the majority of engineering disciplines and allows to introduce the method of experimentation into laboratory classes to increase the involvement and, as a consequence, the performance of students of the specialities under consideration.

Objective. Studying the relationship between student involvement in experimental work during classes and the level of mastering the educational program.

Materials and methods. The author’s tasks in test form were used as methodological tools to assess the level of mastering the studied material. The methods of mathematical statistics were used to process the obtained data and to determine the level of learning achievement.

Results. The sample consisted of 66 students from five engineering majors at Don State Technical. It has been found that the use of a demonstration experiment conducted by the teacher with explanations and visual aids during the laboratory practice has virtually no impact on the mastery of the topic. However, involving students in the stages of laboratory work leads to a statistically significant improvement in the level of mastering the subject and overall academic performance.

Discussion. The developed methodology of laboratory works in the discipline “Materials Science” provides students’ involvement in the learning process and combines the practice-oriented approach with small group work. The student realizes the significance of their actions for achieving high quality of the overall result of the experiment, which leads to improved performance and supports intrinsic motivation to study the discipline. Students had the opportunity to be creative in performing the task and were given some autonomy in carrying out the experiment. It was found that when conducting laboratory works, the combination of pedagogical and andragogical approaches leads to better results than the pedagogical approach.

Introduction. The article is aimed at studying the relationship of emotional intelligence, as well as psychological reasonableness of adolescents with the peculiarities of the mother’s relationship to the child. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that today in Russian scientific works the topic of psychological intelligence is not sufficiently covered. The study of its connections with emotional intelligence will allow us to understand the relationship between these characteristics for a deeper understanding of the emotional sphere of adolescents, and the study of its connections with the mother’s parenting style will allow us to better understand the process of its formation.

Objective. investigate the interrelationships of emotional intelligence and psychological reasonableness of adolescents with the peculiarities of maternal attitude towards them.

Materials and methods. Adolescents aged 13 to 15 years (n = 43) were studied as an empirical object. To study emotional intelligence, the methodology “Emotional intelligence of adolescents” by Sadokov and Voronkin was chosen, and the “Scale of Psychological reasonableness, SPR/PMS” was used to study psychological reasonableness in the adaptation of Novikova and Kornilova. The “Teenagers about parents” technique was using the peculiarities of the mother’s relationship to the teenager were established.

Results. The emotional intelligence of adolescents tends to be low, while maintaining the average values of psychological reasonableness. Statistically significant negative associations were found between hostility, inconsistency, and criticality of the mother towards the teenager with factors of emotional intelligence and psychological reasonableness. A positive relationship was also revealed between the closeness of the mother with the teenager and his psychological intelligence.

Discussion. The results obtained are confirmed in the concepts of other authors. Thus, the preservation of an average level of psychological intelligence with low emotional intelligence of adolescents is explained by the abundance of psychological information in the Internet space in which adolescents spend most of their time. Data on the negative relationship of hostility and criticism of the mother with the peculiarities of emotional intelligence and psychological reasonableness are also confirmed: parents who reject, ignore and criticize a teenager can mainly raise teenagers with a low level of emotional intelligence who do not seek to discuss their problems.

Introduction. Currently, the relevant object of research is the studying of psychological determinants that contribute to the formation of computer gaming addiction in children and adolescents. The younger school age is the least studied in terms of familiarization with the Internet environment and, in particular, computer games. The identification of psychological determinants that contribute to the formation of gambling addiction among younger students is an urgent problem in connection with the prevention of the formation of destructive behavior even at the early stages at school.

Objective. Identify psychological determinants that cause the formation of computer gaming addiction in younger schoolchildren.

Materials and methods. A sample of an empirical study was made up of students of 3 classes of the city school, in the amount of 78 people, the average age was 9.8 years. To achieve the goals of the study, the following methods were used: a test questionnaire of the degree of enthusiasm for computer games by A.V. Grishina; methodology “Computer game addiction” by O. M. Vidova; Technique “What is good and what is bad”, adapted by N.V. Kuleshova. For mathematical data processing, the Mann-Whitney U test and the r-Spearman rank correlation coefficient were used.

Results. According to the conducted psychological testing, three groups of younger schoolchildren with different levels of computer gaming activity were identified – low, medium and high. According to the criteria of the questionnaire “The level of computer gaming addiction”, a high level, which correlates with computer gaming addiction, was detected in 26.1 % of respondents. The results of a comparative analysis of the severity of indicators of computer game addiction are described.

Discussion. It was found that groups with different levels of computer gaming activity differ in the degree of enthusiasm for computer games. So, the higher the level of gaming activity, the higher the level of emotional attractiveness of computer games and focus on gaming activities, and the lower the self-control of gaming behavior, that all is the inability to independently complete gaming activities. The results obtained are indicated that these psychological characteristics are the determinants of computer gaming addiction in younger schoolchildren.

Introduction. Currently, there are scattered studies on the relationship between school adaptation and individual psychological phenomena. At the same time, the greatest attention is paid to the cognitive characteristics of primary schoolchildren. In our opinion, it is necessary to systematize the understanding of the correlates of this phenomenon, paying attention to personal and social ones.

Objective. To analyze the information currently available in the scientific field on the correlates of school adaptation.

Personal correlates of school adaptation. Among the personal factors interrelated with the success of adaptation measures in primary school, we can single out anxiety and self-esteem of the child. Entrance to school is in itself a crisis moment for a child, but it is also accompanied by personal transformation, the center of which is the transition from a concrete-situational type of self-esteem to a more generalized one. The analysis of studies suggests that the relationship between self-esteem and school adaptation is rather two-way, as the course and outcome of adaptation is influenced both by the initial level of self-esteem at school entry and the course of its transformation in the school environment.

Social correlates of school adaptation. The central component among the social factors influencing a child’s adaptation to school is the child’s relationships with significant adults and classmates. The main direction of adaptation measures in this respect should be the building of trusting relations of the child with teachers and peers in order to manage the stress associated with the change of environment and to ensure more effective assimilation of the new social role of a primary school pupil.

Discussion. The studies we reviewed are consistent with our findings that the correlates of school adaptation are not only cognitive, but also personal and social aspects. The research complements the picture of the correlates, and its results can be used to build adaptation programmes.

Introduction. The article is aimed at analysing the problem of overcoming the consequences of domestic violence through increasing the victim’s resilience. The relevance of the study is explained by several factors: firstly, the increasing frequency of domestic violence, and secondly, the necessity of including in rehabilitation programs blocks for the development of those personal characteristics that will allow not only to overcome the experienced stress, but also to reduce the possibility of getting into situations of violence again. Adequate levels of psychological resilience are seen by the authors as a necessary condition for optimizing the exit from the victim position. The novelty of the study is expressed in the fact that for the first time in our country resilience is considered as a factor influencing overcoming the consequences of violence.

Objective. To explore the importance of developing psychological resilience in victims of domestic violence.

Definition of violence and its types. The authors provide the main theoretical provisions regarding the psychological analysis of violence, the consequences of violence for the victim, and psychological resilience. Violence is distinguished from aggression and conflicts by its systematic nature and actions aimed at suppressing the will of the victim.

The effects of violence on the victim. The authors mention the main consequences of violence, which include deterioration of physical and mental health, changes in behavioural patterns, and suicidal tendencies. The concept of psychological resilience. Psychological resilience as a factor influencing the recovery of a victim of violence is understood by the authors as the ability to withstand difficult life situations while maintaining mental and physical health.

Discussion. The authors’ ideas about the mandatory development of resilience in victims of domestic violence are confirmed by the opinion of researchers of victim behaviour. The development of victim psychological resilience is associated with the replacement of victim behaviour with assertive behaviour. The ability to resist violence is also influenced by the development of such aspects of psychological resilience as fight avoidance, meaningfulness, emotional regulation, and building supportive social ties. In general, an adequate level of psychological resilience affects the ability to part with the subject of violence, as well as the development of psychological disorders in victims. The author’s position is expressed in the opinion that the formation of resilience in victims of violence will lead to the possibility of their self-change, which will transform public opinion about them.

Introduction. Participation in a special military operation is a challenging test for each serviceman in terms of many parameters. Its detailed study is of particular importance for providing psychological assistance to servicemen with physiological defects resulting from an incident situation. Such a situation is considered by us as a variant of a difficult life situation that the subject has not experienced before. For this group of respondents, under the incident situation, we will consider surgical intervention in the form of amputation of a body part that resulted from a wound incurred during participation in a special military operation. In the course of the study, an attempt was made to compare the features of volitional self-regulation and the dominant mental state in servicemen immediately after the amputation operation and after 6 months of rehabilitation measures.

Objective. The study aimed to investigate the peculiarities of the transformation of parameters of volitional self-regulation and dominant mental state in servicemen who had experienced amputation as a result of an incident situation.

Materials and Methods. The study utilized the methodology of diagnosing the dominant mental state, specifically the “Dominant State” technique (L. V. Kulikov, version 2), and the DPS-1 questionnaire “Study of Volitional Self-Regulation” (A. Zverkov, E. V. Eidman). The significance of differences was tested using the Mann-Whitney U test.

Results. The results obtained in the study of the transformation of parameters of volitional self-regulation and dominant mental state in servicemen with amputations as a result of an incident situation indicated a decrease in self-esteem, tonus, activity, and calmness in the structure of the dominant mental state. There was also a decrease in calmness, emotional stability, and life satisfaction in the structure of volitional self-regulation.

Discussion. The conducted study confirms the necessity of developing targeted psychological assistance for servicemen with amputations, as well as the development of a comprehensive rehabilitation and habilitation program for servicemen with various injuries and amputations.

Introduction. At the moment an urgent topic of psychological research is the identification of opportunities for young people to overcome difficult life situations, especially in situations of uncertainty. One of the areas of research in this area is the relationship of the choice of coping strategies with elements of the value-meaning sphere, this can shed light on the mechanisms of meaning regulation of the choice of ways to overcome difficult situations.

Objective. The study of the choice of various coping strategies in connection with life orientations is depending on the type of orientation for the future in young people.

Materials and methods. The method “Meaning-of-life orientations” by D. A. Leontiev was used to determine the meaning-of-life orientations of young people. According to this methodology, the respondents’ orientation towards the future was also determined using indicators on the “goals in life” scale: the presence of a goal in the future, orientation and time perspective, and on the “process of life” scale. The methodology “Methods of coping behavior” by R. Lazarus was applied to determine the choice of coping strategies.

Results. The subjects were young people aged 19–23 years. According to the severity of the orientation towards the future, the sample was divided into two groups: with high and medium orientation towards the future (group 1, 47.3 %), and with low and below average (group 2, 52.7 %). An analysis of the results obtained which is used the “Life-meaning orientations” method showed that the studied groups of young people have differences in the severity of all scales of CSF. According to the results, the greatest differences were found on the scales of “Goals in life” and “Locus of control of life”. Statistical analysis of the differences which used the Mann-Whitney U criterion in the severity of coping behavior strategies showed that significant differences between the groups were identified by the indicator “Problem solving planning”.

Discussion. The results obtained on the type of orientation towards the future as a predictor of the choice of coping strategies are consistent with existing data that overcoming a problem through a purposeful analysis of the situation and possible behaviors, planning one’s own actions taking into account objective conditions, past experience and available resources can help a person manage a difficult situation more effectively and reduce negative consequences through the use of imagination and constructive modeling of the future.

Introduction. The study of the considered problems is relevant in the context of the digitalization of modern society, where critical thinking becomes an integral attribute of the formed personality. It allows you to analyze and assess the reliability of information, prioritize data, reflexively assess the situation and consciously communicate with surrounding individuals both offline and online. This article considers the definition of the concept and scientific approaches to the study of “critical thinking”. The independence (a developed broad outlook and the presence of logic), emotionality and flexibility (the ability to interpret, analyze and compare), as well as depth and integrity (observation, a detailed approach to the study of the issue, a vision of the general, not just the particular) are stood out among the key characteristics of this phenomenon.

Objective. There is an aggregation, analysis and interpretation of empirical and theoretical data of Russian and foreign specialists in the field of psychology, philosophy, pedagogy and sociology on the topic of critical thinking.

Concepts of critical thinking. Approximate scientific concepts in the field of studying the phenomenon of critical thinking are considered. The distinctive features of philosophical, psychological, pedagogical and communicative approaches are determined.

Approaches to the study of critical thinking. The analysis of the research experience of the scientific community on the problem of critical thinking is carried out. The key features and groups of requirements for critical thinking are highlighted.

Discussion. The analysis of the research are conducted by the authors of native and foreign authors on the problem of critical thinking made it possible to form an idea of the study of each of the presented concepts, determining the further potential for work at the junction of psychological and communicative approaches. This method will allow us to consider the phenomenon of critical thinking from the point of view of the importance of the skill in terms of communicative interaction in social networks and exposure to provocative actions on the part of users in a naturally and artificially given context.

Introduction. Currently, a relevant object of research is the identification of differences in women’s perception of their actual weight and subjective assessment of their body image and self-conception in relation to weight. Since the perception of body image is greatly influenced by fashion trends and beauty standards broadcast in society, women may exhibit different cognitive and behavioral patterns depending on their body mass index.

Objective. To study the relationship between the features of perception of body image and self-esteem in women with different body mass indexes

Materials and methods. The following methods were used in the study: author’s questionnaire-questionnaire of Yetumyan L. A. and Komerova N. A. and Komerova N. E.; Thomas Cash’s Multimodal Body Self-Relationship Questionnaire (MBSRQ, Thomas F. Cash) adapted by Baranskaya L. T. and Tataurova S. T. and Tataurova S. С. The Mann-Whitney U statistic for two independent samples and the r-Spearman rank correlation coefficient were used for mathematical processing of the data.

Results. The study included 137 women with different BMI values ranging from 17 to 72 years of age. The mean age of the respondents was 35 years. According to our questionnaire survey, more than 40 % of respondents had overweight or obesity of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree. The results are presented by five scales reflecting the following parameters of attitude to one’s own body: evaluation of appearance, appearance orientation, satisfaction with body parameters, concern about being overweight, self-assessment of weight. The results of comparative analysis in two groups have been described – women with low and normal BMI and women with excessive BMI.

Discussion. Women in groups with different body mass index have differences in their orientation to appearance. Thus, the higher the weight of women with high BMI, the lower they evaluate the level of their attractiveness and the less effort they put into improving their appearance. They are also more indifferent to appearance. No such correlation was found in women with low and normal BMI. The high importance of appearance for women from both subgroups is directly correlated with a high level of concern about excess weight, which indicates an attitude to one’s own weight as one of the factors determining external attractiveness.

Introduction. In this section the authors present the relevance of the study of the semantic avoidance strategy which is maladaptive when coping with crisis and uncertain situations. We consider the assumption of the presence of predictors of a sense-forming avoidance strategy as a hypothesis that has significant correlations with the scales of the questionnaire for the study of avoidance.

Objective. Presentation of the results of empirical identification of predictors of a meaningful avoidance strategy.

Materials and methods. The author’s verbal questionnaire is presented and applied to study the avoidance strategy. It consists of 9 semantic scales of personality traits to study the specifics of avoidance. To identify its predictors, the battery of tests includes proven methods from the related fields of semantic regulation: the test of life orientations (D. A. Leontiev), the “New Questionnaire of tolerance-tolerance to uncertainty” (T. V. Kornilova).

Results. The indicators for verifying the normality of the distribution of empirical indicators are presented as well as data from the correlation analysis of the battery of tests in the sample n = 282. Empirically established values of the Shapiro-Wilk coefficient have values higher than the required level of statistical significance ,05 for indicators of all scales of this battery of tests. Correlation analysis has established that there are three indicators of the scales of the tested tests, which have values of statistically significant empirical Pearson correlation coefficients with the scales of the author’s questionnaire.

Discussion. Empirically calculated values of the Shapiro-Wilk criterion with respect was based on the satisfaction to a specified level of statistical significance ,05 it was found that all the studied indicators have a normal distribution character. This confirms the representative nature of the sample. According to the results of the correlation analysis conducted at the significance level ,05, the scales “process” and “locus of control – I” of the test “Life orientations” (D. A. Leontiev) were adopted as the main predictors of avoidance, and the scale “tolerance to uncertainty” according to the “New questionnaire of tolerance to uncertainty” was used as an auxiliary predictor (T. V. Kornilova). The stated hypothesis has been confirmed. Limitations of the study – testing did not affect respondents under the age of 18, as well as over the age of 47, and was conducted only for the types of profession “human – human” and “human – sign”. It is possible to conduct low-cost testing and build multifactorial personal avoidance profiles with the help of the identified predictors.

Introduction. In domestic science, the activity approach has received great development, in which joint activities were described in sufficient detail, as part of the study of collective activity. On the other hand, the concept of mental representation has been developed in cognitive psychology. However, there are practically no studies in which the concepts of domestic scientists would be compared with the concepts of mental and general mental models that are widely known in foreign psychology.

Objective. Analyze and compare research approaches to the formation of common mental models and the formation of joint activities.

Concept and characteristics of mental models. Foreign researchers consider mental models as internal (mental) images of the external world, which can be represented by internal images, knowledge, ideas about specific or generalized situations, systems of the surrounding world. For a person to function optimally in the world, it is important that their mental models are sufficiently complex and accurate.

Shared mental models. Research interest in shared mental models arose from the need to find ways to improve the performance of work teams. Essentially, it is the shared cognitive representation of team members about tasks, goals, conditions, other members and their behavior. The most important characteristic of shared mental models is similarity, which is important to ensure. Research in this area has shown that a high degree of similarity together with a high degree of accuracy can lead to high production results. A comparison of scientific ideas about common mental models and joint activities showed that: 1) similarity can be correlated with the unity of the group meaning-forming context; 2) the process of integrating individual mental models into a common one is correlated with the process of forming joint mental activity and achieving semantic resonance, 3) communication in creating a common mental model with subject-subject interaction and the second stratum of relationships in the team.

Discussion. Comparing research approaches from different paradigms can have a significant positive impact on the development of scientific knowledge. The importance of this is emphasized by the fact that today the development of the concepts of a common mental model and joint activity proceed in almost parallel paths without mutual citation, despite similar scientific subjects.