Pustovyi S. Formation of psychosemantic content of professional consciousness of future philologists

This thesis offers solution of the scientific problem of revealing psychological aspects of forming psychosemantic content of professional consciousness of future philologists. The following psychological features of philological consciousness were defined: tendency to turn the life into literature; passéism; esthetic contemplativeness; distancing from real to imaginary life. Professional consciousness of future philologists was studied in the conceptual field of the theory of consciousness, theory of activity, experimental psychosemantics and psychology of the professional’s personality. The character and dynamics of professional picture of the world of philology students in the course of study have been described. Future specialists reveal the world of philology depending on age in semantically different associations – from affectively-active in the first year of study to cognitively-active type in fourth-year students. The relations between a number of professional consciousness parameters have been established: reflectivity level and various types of professional orientation with characteristics of the world of philology. The relation between the pleasantness of the world of philology and the age of respondents was noted. The goal, areas, forms, methods and mechanisms of forming professional consciousness and the basic scheme of forming its content were substantiated. The integrative program of forming psychosemantic content of professional consciousness of future philologists was compiled and tested, and its effectiveness has been experimentally proved. Keywords: consciousness, professional consciousness, philologist, psychosemantics, content of consciousness, formation of professional consciousness, professional picture of the world, world of philology.