Shemchuk O. Professional thinking formation of future junior specialists of the Border Guard Service (on the example of female military personnel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine).

The dissertation is devoted to the research of the scientific task of professional thinking formation of future junior specialists of the Border Guard Service (on the example of female military personnel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine), which represents a complex multilevel mental cognitive process – an important primary basis of their professional competence and professionalism which consists of the interconnected "connected and interdependent sequence of mental actions and operations, aimed at solving applied professional-conditioned tasks by knowing their essence and interrelations on the basis of high metacognitive awareness, at making decisions in the military-professional sphere of activity, which is an important condition and condition of their successful military-professional activity, professional formation, development and self-improvement as a subject of extreme activity. The psychological features of professional thinking of junior specialists - female military personnel, which are determined by the goals, content, specifics of their professional activity, as well as gender, are clarified.