Vol 14, No 1 (2017)

We analyzed working memory errors stemming from 193 Russian college students taking the Tarnow Unchunkable Test utilizing double digit items on a visual display.In three-item trials with at most one error per trial, single incorrect tens and ones digits (“singlets”) were overrepresented and made up the majority of errors, indicating a base 10 organization.These errors indicate that there are separate memory maps for each position and that there are pointers that can move primarily within these maps. Several pointers make up a pointer collection. The number of pointer collections possible is the working memory capacity limit. A model for self-organizing maps is constructed in which the organization is created by turning common pointer collections into maps thereby replacing a pointer collection with a single pointer.The factors 5 and 11 were underrepresented in the errors, presumably because base 10 properties beyond positional order were used for error correction, perhaps reflecting the existence of additional maps of integers divisible by 5 and integers divisible by 11.

This article is devoted to studying and analyzing the features of the interrelations between the self-realization and spiritual and moral consciousness of the personality. The relevance of the raised problem is caused by the global socially-economical and political changes happening in the modern world, influencing both the society as a whole and the personality separately. “The judgment test of personality self-realization” by S.I. Kudinov which allows to diagnose a variety of styles of self-expression manifestation of the subject, different levels and types of self-realization, as well as the methodology of a research of spiritual and moral self-consciousness of the personality by I.V. Ezhov were used in the experimental work. The statistical analysis of data is presented by the correlation and factorial analysis. The sample included 100 people at the age ranging from 25 to 45 years, representatives of various professions and social backgrounds. The correlation analysis made it possible to disclose the diverse interrelations between the components of self-realization and the components of spiritual and moral consciousness. The factorial analysis allowed to single out and to qualitatively describe the variants of self-realization of the personality, depending on the inclusiveness of the components of spiritual and moral consciousness - “Spiritual and moral self-realization of the personality”, “Transcendental self-realization of the personality”, “Formal self-realization of the personality”, “Superficial self-realization of the personality”, “Assertive self-realization of the personality”, “Ego-pragmatic self-realization of the personality”, “Destructive self-realization of the personality”.

The results of the empirical research of the correlation between the migratory attitudes of the inhabitants of Magadan and the features of their defensive-coping behavior are described in the article. Methods: the author’s scale of migratory attitudes of the personality, the scale of situational and personal anxiety by C.Spilberger, questionnaires “Life style index” (LSI), “Strategic Approach to Coping Scale” (SACS). The research with the participation of 68 Magadan inhabitants has shown that the inhabitants with the low level of personal anxiety, using regression as a defense mechanism, the coping forms: avoidance, indecisive actions and passive forms of coping behavior as a whole, have less expressed migratory attitudes. And on the contrary, the migratory attitudes are more likely to form in the respondents who are ready for active, resolute, constructive actions to change an unsatisfyingsituation, seek social support, take into account the needs, opinions and expectations of the immediate social environment. However, the correlations of migratory attitudes with the active forms of coping are not revealed. It means that the activity inherent in the subject does not necessarily imply a desire of migration, and can be implemented in the current region of residence.

The studies have shown that the importance of identifying the specifics of the variability of heart rate (HRV) in primary school children with different levels of emotional intelligence (EI) is due to a change in the child’s features of the emotional response at this age. It is suggested that HRV analysis will help understand the characteristics of the vegetative component of emotional reactions in primary schoolers and predict the specificity of their interpersonal relationships and academic performance on their basis. The study involved 150 subjects aged 7-8 years. It is shown that the experimental group is dominated by children with high and medium level of the development of emotional intelligence components. Primary school children are characterized by an emotional focus on the world of people, on the other people’s inner world, their emotions and feelings. A high level of understanding emotions prevails in them, which gives them the opportunity to recognize the emotions in themselves and in other people better, understand both their own emotions and the emotions of the others. The HRV analysis showed that the children with high levels of EI, have higher rates of activity of the parasympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) compared to other test groups, which indicates a more optimal regulation of the heart rate in the course of an emotional response in children with high levels of the development of emotional intelligence components compared to the children who have a low level.

The article deals with the data of theoretical and empirical research of psychological features of interaction of high school students tutored at home. The empirical study involved 80 high school students aged 15-17 years living in Moscow: 40 students studying in a secondary school, 40 subjects tutored at home, using psychodiagnostic methods: methods of “Self-attitude research by V.V. Stolin and S.R. Panteleeva”; “Evaluation of the level of sociability” method (V.F. Ryakhovskiy); diagnostics methods for communication attitude (V.V. Boiko); the method of “Personal Differential”. In the course of the study we found pronounced differences in the psychological features of interaction in high school students studying in a secondary school and tutored at home. The high school students tutored at home showed low communicative interaction skills, unlike their peers who are studying in a secondary school. Also a difference in the manifestation of the specific components of the self-attitude: inwardness, self-confidence, self-affection, internal conflict, self-blame was found. The results of the study confirm the proposed hypothesis put forward that the frequent and prolonged isolation from society leads to disruption of communication skills and can negatively affect personality development. The practical aspect of the problem under study allows defining and developing a program of psychological support for pupils tutored at home, for the development of communicative interaction skills and personal growth.