Antsybor A. Social and Psychology Characteristics of Country Teacher as a Leader of Public Opinion.

The theoretical regulations about the collection of the country teacher's social and psychological traits were proved in this thesis; the problems of the public opinion forming process in the country population were analyzed. It was determined the social and psychological status of a teacher in a problem field of the country society; his leader potential was opened by means of uncovering the psycho semantic structure of the socially significant traits, which are actualized in the process of public functions execution; the level of his influence on the process of public opinion forming as a representative of one of the leading categories of the country society. The comparative analysis of the country teacher image as a leader of the public opinion in the home-folks minds was realized as well as his reflexive estimation and self-appraisal.