PROCESS OF CONCEPTUALIZATION AS AN ASPECT OF HUMAN COGNITIVE ACTIVITY

The article is devoted to the analysis of the cognitive process of conceptualization. It is determined that conceptualization is considered as a process and result of mental construction of objects and phenomena. Its essence is to structure knowledge and understand the specific information, the basis of which is the allocation of semantic components in human consciousness. Conceptualization of objects and phenomena of the surrounding world contributes to the formation of structures of knowledge and experience, i.e. concepts in the human consciousness. Conceptualization is based on the cognitive process of categorization, as previously understood data are involved in the formation of concepts. However, conceptualization focuses on the identification of semantic units of human experience and structural types of knowledge, i.e. concepts, and categorization is associated with the association of similar units into the categories, i.e. larger classes. Concepts formed as a result of conceptualization, tend to the organization, form a separate system of relationships and subordination and thus form the conceptosphere of national culture. It is common to all members of culture and unites the nation on a mental level. The article substantiates the idea that the study of the processes of conceptualization of notions enhances awareness of the role of a particular concept in the picture of the world. The result of conceptualization is not just a set of formed concepts, but the conceptosphere as a system that unites the concepts themselves and the relationships between them. Keywords: concept; conceptualization; categorization; conceptosphere; meaning; sense.