THE PECULIARITIES OF THE DYNAMIC OF THE YOUTH’S MENTAL MAPS OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The meaningful features of mental (cognitive) maps of Ukraine in the local students’ consciousness are analyzed. The results of empirical longitudinal research (2008-2017) of dynamics of localizational and attributive components in mental maps of Ukraine among Chernihiv students are presented. It was shown the absence of significant dynamics relatively to the most meaningful localizational components (cities Kyiv and Chernihiv). At the same time social representations about “conflict spaces” (Crimea and Donetsk) are changed.