Keyword: «image of the future»

In this work the review of category of an image and category of an image of the future in psychology is given, need of formation of an image of the future at modern students is proved, the importance of identification of resources and potential of life experience at youthful age is represented, relevance of this perspective, the purpose, object, a subject, tasks, a hypothesis and methods of research locates.

The article presents the relationship between the concepts “I-concept”, “Image” and “Image of the future”. The image of the future is considered as an important element of the self-concept, which determines and regulates human behavior. The position is stated that the formation of a positive self-concept effectively influences the successful formation of the image of a future person.