COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF FIRST YEAR FOREIGN STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT STAGES

The modern adaptive-developing educational context is marked by multiculturalism, openness, globalization and the internationalization of education. Obviously, the issue of adaptation of foreign students to the educational environment of the university is essential and it is based on the characteristics of the nervous system. Objective. The study was conducted in order to study the characteristics of the sensorimotor response of first year foreign students to assess the functional state of the nervous system as an indicator of adaptation to educational activity. The study was also aimed at highlighting the dominant factors of maladaptation to the adaptively developing educational environment. Methodology. Psychophysiological testing included the analysis of the indicators of simple and complex (distinction reaction) of visual-motor reactions. The world practice has shown high reliability of psychophysiological testing leading to plausibility of its results since they are not controlled consciously. In the course of our experiment, a semi-structured interview was conducted, aimed at verifying factors that influence learning adaptation process. Scientific novelty. We considered the problems of adaptation of students from Turkmenistan at different stages of their studies at the Faculty of Physical Education not only on the basis of average values of selected indicators, but also in terms of an individual psychophysiological assessment of adaptation during their first year Conclusion. It was revealed that in the course of the first year there appears to be a change in the functional state of the central nervous system in the examined experimental group. This is manifested in the gradual improvement of quantitative indicators, while qualitative psychophysiological indicators of foreign students don’t change as a whole within the average group analysis. Thus, a positive conclusion could be made about their successful adaptation. However, an individual analysis of some students from Turkmenistan shows a decrease in all quantitative psychophysiological characteristics, which points to depletion of the functional reserves of the central nervous system