K. M. Romanov, D. K. Romanov (Saransk, Russia). Images of manipulation subjects and their victims in the Mordovian folk tales

Images of manipulation subjects and their victims in the Mordovian folk tales


Romanov Konstantin M.,
Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Department of Psychology, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), famylypost@mail.ru

Romanov Daniil K.,
Senior Assistant, Department of Psychology, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), famylypost@mail.ru


This article discusses some features of historically earliest forms of manipulative communication and interpersonal understanding. As the object of analysis it used Mordovian folk tales as the representatives of psychological experience of the ethnic group.

Keywords: communication; interpersonal understanding; psychological culture; Mordovian folk tales; manipulation; manipulation subject; the victim of manipulation.


1. Balyaev, S. I. (2010), Inter-ethnic stereotypes of the Erzya and Moksha: experience of ethno-psychological analysis, Actual problems and prospects of development of modern psychology, Saransk, p. 16–20.
2. Bodalev, A. A. (1982), Person to person perception and understanding, Moscow: Moscow University Press.
3. Gagaev, A. A., Kudaeva, N. V. (2009), Finno-Ugric Cosmo-psycho-logo, Saransk: Ruzaevsky printer.
4. Kondratyeva, N. P., Dodonova, A. V. (2006), Reflection of a national character in Russian and Mordvin proverbs and sayings, Modern education: psychological and pedagogical problems and solutions, Saransk, p. 96–10.
5. Malyavina, S. S. (2006), Cross-cultural study of parent-child relationship (on the Republic of Mordovia), Saransk: Mordovian University Press.
6. Samorodov, K. T., ed. (1985), Mordovian folk tales. For secondary school, Saransk: Mordovia Press.
7. Nikiforov, A. I. A fairytale, available: http://www.coolreferat.com/.
8. Romanov, D. K. (2012), Developmental features of understanding of fellow people (based on the study of methods of subject representation by children of different ages), Integration of education, № 4, p. 76–78.
9. Romanov, K. M. (2015), Psychological culture of a person, Moscow: Kogito Center.
10. Romanova, O. N., Romanov, D. K. (2012), Comparative analysis of the historically earliest forms of psychological culture of Russian and Mordovian peoples, Finno-Ugric world, № 2, p. 120–122.
11. Ryumshina, L. I. (2000), Psychology of people manipulation: problems and prospects, Proceedings of International Conference “Psychology of communication – 2000: Problems and Prospects”, Moscow: Teaching collector “Psychology”, p. 259–260.
12. Cialdini, R., Duglas, K., Steven, D. H. (2008), New psychological encyclopedia “Rules and mysteries of human behavior. Psychological atlas of human behavior”, Saint Petersburg: Prime-EVROZNAK.

This entry was posted in Unrubric and tagged . Bookmark the permalink.