DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.25763

Abstract: This article is devoted to the problem of psychological and pedagogical support of the process of interaction between educational community actors under new socio-cultural conditions. In her research Blinova examines problems that may arise in the process of interaction between educational community members and that are caused by the changing role of school and teacher in a modern socviety, and difficulties in establishing the contact between school students and adults caused by the 'civilization bareer'. The author of the article also analyzes the phenomenon of transformation of a modern 'parenthood', selection of parental self-efficacy strategies and their influence on the educational process in a Russian school. The author of the articvle describes specific features of implementing multimodal art-technologies (Expressive Arts methods and techniques adjusted to the Russian educational conditions) in the process of psychological and educational interaction. The author of the article also proves the efficiency of multimodal art-technologies as a means of improving the process of interaction between educational community actors (school students, their parents and teachers) through self-analysis and understanding of one's own emotional and behavioral patterns of interaction in the process of creative activity at different imaginary levels, acquisition of new experience in the process of non-verbal communication and extension of the range of communication strategies. The author's special contribution to the topic is the extension of ideas and views on using Expressive Arts methods and techniques in Russian education and enrichment of a set of methods used by a school psychologist. The practical importance of the research is caused by the fact that the author develops a special program of raising a proficiency level of school psychologists which she named 'Psychological and Pedagogical Support of Educational Community Actors in a School Student - Teacher - Parent Triad'. The results of the research and practical implementation of the program proves the program to be efficient. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.25573

Abstract: The subject of the research is the relationship between human thinking and Reality as one of the most difficult concepts of Jacques Lacan. According to Lacan, there is no direct access to Reality except through the Symbolic, i.e. language. Thinking relates to Reality through the death instinct, Lacan equates these two concepts in his seminar 'Ethics of Psychoanalysis'. That being said, it is possible to make an assumption that thinking is a delusive phenomenon because it acts in the field of 'approved rave' as Rudnev calls our everyday reality in his book 'The Logics of Rave' (pubilshed in Mosco, 2015). As the author of the article demonstrates, European man associates Reality with the Christian founder. Thinking is often associated with overcoming frustration. Thus, thinking will not be needed when human becomes completely conscious as G. Gurdjiev and representatives of his school call it. However, it is a long and difficult path. The research methodology is based on Lacan's structuralism psychoanalysis as well as psychosemiotics method that has been developed by the author of the article throughout many years of his research at the confluence of psychology and fundamental philosophy. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author compares Lacan's concepts of Thinking and Reality. The author concludes that human thinking has a delusive nature; Lacan relates Reality to the death instinct and the death instinct has a delusive nature. Therefore, we must try to overcome thinking in our search for Consciousness as it is meant by G. Gurdjiev and representatives of his school. Conscious individual does not need thinking as an operation with arbitrary signs. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.21440

Abstract: The subject of the research is reflection as a form of mind's agency. Being an expanded concept of control, mind's agency fundamentally means complete and directed interaction between internal worlds ('mind levels') of individuals. Thus, agency is an ability of an individual to modify (change) the internal world of the cognizable. This is one's ability to create the ones that are alike, i.e. create one's own model of the world and other agency that is no less than one's own. In her research Tsvetikova demonstrates that our mind has agency as an ability of reflective influence of a mind of one individual on the mind of another individual. In fact, the main feature of the reflective mechanism is to make a controlled actor be aware of his or her personal choice through creating an image of a situation where an actor consciously makes a decision in favor of a controlling actor. Such interaction of actors is viewed by the author as the control over the inner world of the other actor and means agency. For the first time in the academic literature the author demonstrates a transformative function of the mind's reflection as revealing the mind's agency which may display itself as the extension of the mind's agency through restructuring of reflection of other individuals and, consequently, restructuring of the goal-setting process performed by the secondary actors interaction. Analysis of reflective aspects of the mind's agency allows to expand a scientific definition of the mind phenomenon and enable the society to make a scientifically well-grounded choice of systemic actors that have the agency for personal development as their feature. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.24443

Abstract: This article is devoted to the analysis of the concept of professional activity. The article present the theoretical description of professional activity model. The purpose of this article is to take theoretical desription of each components of this model. For this purpose we presented the importance of this concept is indicated within the framework of psychology, a working definition of professional activity, the significance of this model in comparison with other models. A brief description of each component of professional activity in the context of the source (internal or external components) is offered. There are 5 components: energy, implementation opportunities, regulatory, dynamic, resultant. The practical implementation of the model in the analysis of the professional activity of freelancers as representatives of a special form of professional activity is proposed.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.25747

Abstract: Personality pathology that used to be called 'psychopathy' before and currently called 'personailty disorder' is the core phenomenon in psychic pathology that deals with borderline disorders but closely relates to endogeneous disorders. Still, this disorder still remains very unclear for clinicists, especially when it comes to its etiology, pathogenesis and even clinical borders. In such cases, O. Kerbikov believed it would be reasonable to appeal to the historical side of the issue and analyze certain discussion points that have been risen as personality pathology developed. The authors of the research analyze the origin of the term 'psychopathy' and focus on Russian priorities in the history of teaching about psychopathy. In Russia, V. Kandinsky was the first to describe psychopathy. According to O. Kerbikov, besides I. Balinsky who gave a definition of psychopathy, there should have been at least three names being recalled when we speak of psychopathy. These are V. Kandinsky, O. Chechotta and I. Balinsky, each of them made their own very special contribution to the research of psychopathy. For example, O. Chechott introduced the term 'psychopathy' into judicial psychiatry, I. Balinsky promoted the term among lawyers and others and defined psychopathy as an individual clinical phenomenon, and V. Kandinsky gave an in-depth description of personality pathology. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.25841

Abstract: The object of the research is the talent, the subject of the research is psychological and pedagogical support of gifted students at universities. The authors of the article provide results of the questionnaire that was developed to discover gifted young people as part of the School of Talent project. The concept of the psychological and pedagogical support program is based on the model of J. Renzulli and the idea of diversified potential of talent offered by E. Romanova. Special attention is paid to the description of the means of psychological and pedagogical support of gifted students including the ones that imply psychological training. The main research methods include theoretical method (analysis of researches on the matter), questionnaire survey aimed at finding those who may participate in the project, and psychological tests, in particular, modified version of the creativity inventory of D. Johnson (adopted by E. Tunik). The authors also desribe the experiment that is planned to be carried out as part of the project. Based on the results of the questionnaire survey, the majority of academically successful students have demonstrated the psychomotor (83%) and intellectual (73%) talent. Most of participants evaluate their own creativity level as high or very high (52 % of respondents). As a result, 81 potential participants of the School of Talent have been discovered. From the point of view of psychological and pedagogical support, the most promising talents are, according to the authors of the article, intellectual, social and artistic talent because the development of sports and academic talents requires a more intensive teamwork and interaction with coaches and teachers.   

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.25408

Abstract: The subject of the research is the medieval idea of the other world as well as different interpretations of the earthly paradise in the minds of the Ancient Rus'. The object of the research is the content of orthodox, apocryphal and legendary texts about the other world. References are the translations of exegetes' texts (Severian of Gabala, John of Damascus, and Cosmas Indicopleustes) as well as their Slavic interpreters (for example, John the Exarch). As a comparison, the author of the article also analyzes apocryphas about the earthly paradise ('Walk of Agapius to the Paradise', 'Life of Macarius of Rome', 'Walk of Zosimos to the Rahmans') and original Ancient Russian writings about the other world ('Interpretative Paleya' and 'Message about Fair Paradise' by Vasily Kalika. In his research Milkov analyzes cultural and historical features of Ancient Russian thanatological phenomenon and its historical and psychological specifics. Views on the other world are analyzed by the author from the point of view of the interdisciplinary approach that allows to unite the religious interpretation and ethnofunctional analysis adopted from psychology. The results of the research demonstrate that there was no single understanding of the other world in Ancient Rus which was reflected in the debates around the paradise. The author concludes that in Ancient Rus the belief in the earthly paradise was developed under the influence of Antiochian theological tradition, apocryphal walks to the paradise and folk legends about the end of the world. Ancient Rus' thanatology is viewed as an important feature of Russian mentality that was developed on the basis of interaction between canonic, apocryphal and pre-Christian views. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2018.2.25675

Abstract: The aim of this research is to study the effect of Sandplay on the anxiety and psychological stress level of university students with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity features. The subject of the research is the efficiency of Sandplay in working with adults with ADD features. The research involved ten university students with evident ADD features, high anxiety and psychological stress level who participated in Sandplay for ten weeks. The research implied one-group diagnostics before and after the therapy. The main research methods include theoretical analysis of research literature and correlation study. The obtained data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon rank test. The results of the research demonstrate significant differences in what concerns the reduction of anxiety and psychological stress experienced by students. The research results allow to make a statement that the Sandplay therapy may have a beneficial effect on anxiety and psychological tension felt by students with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity features.