Regulatory Function of Mental Image in the Formation of Individual Attitude to Emigration

The subject of this article is regulatory influence of a persons sphere of mental images on the formation of individual attitude to emigration. Mental image sphere is considered to be a multidimensional dynamical system of secondary mental images. Image representation may evoke emotions of different intensity and content as well as induce different actions and behavioral activity. The author presents the results of a shaping experiment, which show that psychotechnical immersion into the images of the native nature and catathymic psycho- dramatical concern with mythological images of native culture may influence persons attitude to emigration.