MENTALITY AS THE MAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTOR OF PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINIAN SOCIETY

Abstract

This article is dedicated to study the problem relationship of psychologically-mental characteristics of the nation with social development. It is showed the essence of the concept of mentality as an important ethnopsychological phenomenon, which forms the values and norms life ethnic group. It is defined as a social and psychological state of ethnic group, which was formed as a result of impact of ethnic, socio-economic and political conditions. It is revealed its main psychological mechanisms and essential features. There were researched the peculiarities of Ukrainian ethnomentality and there were selected basic features of modern Ukrainian mentality.