Comparative analysis of the psychological experience of the Finno-Ugric people

In the article ethnic features of understanding of other people are considered. The analysis, presented in the article, shows that almost have not been studied features understanding of people representatives of the Finno-Ugric people most part of which live in Russia. Here are Mordvins, Udmurts, Maris, the Komi, the Khanty, Finns, Hungarians, Estonians, Karelians, etc. Each of these nation has created its own psychological culture which is reproduced in each generation of people. It also provides preservation of ethnoses. An object of research is recorded in Finno-Ugric languages (Finnish and Mari) ethnic experience of understanding of other people. It is found that psychological experience takes an important place in life experience of these ethnoses. But at the Finnish people it's richer. The Finnish dictionary has 10 036 of psychological content words (33% of the volume of all dictionary), in Mari - 7908 words (29% of the volume of all dictionary). The major place in work is taken by the substantial analysis of psychological experience of the people. Classification of psychological experience of ethnos is presented. The following categories of the analysis are allocated: social characteristics of the person, subject activity (actions), communication, ways of influence, physical characteristics, properties of temperament, social stereotypes, consciousness and self-consciousness, abilities, attention, memory, imagination, thinking, perception, feeling, mental states, emotions and feelings, interpersonal relations, will, requirements and motives, personal lines (character). Substantial and structural distinctions of psychological experience of these people are revealed. This conclusion is quite paradoxical because Mari and Finnish people belong to group of the Finno-Ugric people. However, it is very difficult to explain this fact. Possibly it is connected with distinctions in conditions and a way of life of these people.