Keyword: «stimulus word»

The paper describes association experiment as a way of studying other peoples’ worldview. It presents the results of association experiment “Russia as the Russian ninth-graders see it” held by the writer in comparison with the interview held in Britain, during which the British people were asked to name their three association with the word Russia and comment on them.

The article is devoted to the study of images of judges and lawyers in the language consciousness of students. The article examines the attitude of young people to the personal and professional qualities inherent in people of these specialties. Data from an Association experiment and a questionnaire are analyzed. The main purpose of the article is to determine the main characteristics that, in the opinion of respondents, belong to a lawyer and a judge. As respondents, 100 students from the Northeast Federal University aged 18 to 25 took part in the survey.