Review scientific supervisor for final qualification work Korobenkova D.K. on the topic of: SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS SEXUAL ORIENTATION in the direction of study 37.03.01 - Psychology the main educational program "Psychology" Graduation qualification work Korobenkova D.K. is devoted to an important and topical problem at present. The study of the attitude of people towards homosexuality and the LGBT community is extremely important. The manifestation of homophobia is observed in Russian society, so it is necessary to know the psychological and socio-psychological characteristics of this phenomenon. The content of the final qualifying work Korobenkova D.K. completely corresponds to the title stated in the title. This topic is fully disclosed in the presented qualifying work. In the first chapter, the author of the final qualifying work gives clear definitions of the phenomenon of homophobia, made an in-depth analysis of the scientific literature on selected topics, examined the causes of homophobia, and described the social and psychological portrait of homophobia. The author drew particular attention to the analysis of the tolerant attitude. Described the gender and age characteristics of attitudes towards homosexuality. In the theoretical review of the scientific literature, the author analyzes values and authoritarianism as factors of homophobia. The author considers the trust in people as a factor hampering the development of homophobia. At the analysis of the scientific literature actual problems of a modern society are reflected, the theoretical and practical review is lead. The author competently analyzed contemporary literature, relied on the achievements of socio-psychological science and practice. The second chapter presents the program and methods of research. The author defines the aim of his research as studying the phenomenon of homophobia and its connection with other socio-psychological characteristics, personal characteristics and socio-demographic characteristics of respondents. The author puts forward the following basic hypothesis: The severity of homo-negative experiences of a person is related to a number of socio-psychological characteristics of his personality. He also makes ten private hypotheses. The study involved 133 respondents aged 18 to 44 years, 112 women and 20 men, 58 heterosexuals and 74 non-heterosexuals. The study used six socio-psychological methods. The structure of the final qualifying work corresponds to the tasks of the research. The third chapter is devoted to the analysis of the results of the study. The author analyzes in detail empirical data, uses a modern mathematical apparatus. Not all hypotheses confirmed, however, the obtained data are of great interest for further development of the title stated in the title. The positive aspects of the final qualifying work are the development of new and relevant topics, the application of modern socio-psychological research methods. The negative sides are insufficiently detailed justification of the research findings, as well as misprints in the text of the work. I think that the final qualification work of Korobenkov DK. written in a competent scientific language. The author is oriented in the problem, the methods of its study, the methods of mathematical processing and the data analysis. In general, the final qualification work of Korobenkov DK on the theme: "Social representations of people with various sexual orientation" deserves an assessment "excellent." scientific adviser Doctor of Psychology, Professor L.G. Pochebut May 26, 2018