PSYCHOLOGICALLY REAL MEANING OF THE WORDS DIPLOMACY AND DIPLOMAT IN EVERYDAY CONSCIOUSNESS OF A NATIVE SPEAKERS

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a study of linguistic consciousness of modern native speakers of the Russian language and Russian culture. The content of the image of the world among young people and older people is compared, as well as the worldview of people belonging to different generations. The task of this study is to find out how representatives of different generations perceive and understand the surrounding reality, whether there are similar features in their worldview, how significant the differences are. In the study, the researcher applies one of the most common and effective, in our opinion, methods – the method of free associative experiment, more precisely, its kind: chain associative experiment. As a result of the analysis of the data obtained, significant differences in the worldview and worldview of representatives of these age groups were revealed: for example, the sphere of diplomatic activity (a necessary condition for the existence of the state) is perceived differently by representatives of different generations. It can be concluded that the associative reactions of young people are significantly influenced, first of all, by modern media: in responses to the stimulus word “Portrait of a diplomat”, external, insignificant attributes of diplomatic activity prevail – what can be seen in the “picture” shown in the media. The results of the associative experiment demonstrates that both the older generation of native speakers and young people in some issues think in terms of the past, their worldview “lags behind” reality. A vivid confirmation of this is that, based on the results of the experiment, it can be concluded that the absolute majority of its participants perceive diplomacy as an exclusively male profession, which clearly contradicts reality.