TOLERANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN MODERN SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITIONS

Abstract

The paper discusses the importance of tolerance for enhancing effective inter-ethnic and cross-cultural interaction. The author reveals the elements of tolerance: communicative tolerance, empathy and tolerant setting. The results of empirical studies of tolerance among different socio-demographic groups are presented. It is noted that the level of students‘ tolerant setting does not change significantly during the transition from the initial to the final stage of training, but a sufficient level of tolerance was detected in most of the helping professions and experts in the group of girls. Comparative analysis of the averages of communicative tolerance showed that the young man, first-year students and specialists of helping professions have higher levels than other analyzed groups. At the same time, the level of empathy among girls is higher than in boys. No significant differences in the level of empathy between the subjects of the first and fourth years of study, students and specialists of helping professions was identified. Thus, the expression of empathy, tolerant setting, communication skills depends on the sex, stage of vocational training, the social and professional status of the subjects. The findings of the study indicate the need to create the psychological conditions for the development of tolerance among students. To do this, we developed a program that includes a film lecture hall and a training.