REPRESENTATIONS OF PERSONALITY ABOUT CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FACTS AND THEIR ROLE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITY DETERMINATION

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose is to study students’ idea about the facts from cultural and historical past of Russia in their correlation with the assessment of their manifestation in personality’s social activity determination at present. Methodology and Approach. The author performed the analysis of empirical data (content analysis of respondents’ answers with the following use of descriptive, comparative, correlative and regressive analysis) Results. The statement about the specificity of cultural-historical facts role in determining social activity of contemporaries, as the youngsters understand it, was empirically verified. This specificity manifests itself at the level of diachronic (in actualization of educational- developmental, civic and spiritual forms of activity) and synchronous connections (in educational and developmental activity) Theoretical and Practical Implications. The results obtained can be implemented in the development of youth policy programs, as well as programs of familiarizing the individual with the resource potential of culture.

Keywords

• personality
• social activity
• representations
• cultural and historical facts
• determination