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The psychology of editorial work has not yet become the subject of special
scientific research, and, considering the psychological preconditions for editing,

we are forced to rely on the general provisions formulated by psychologists as a
result of the study of complex forms of human activity. Editing with full reason

can be attributed to one of these forms, and the general scheme of the editor's work
can be represented as follows:

- obtaining information;

- task setting;

- creating a model of behavior and the expected results;

- actions and results that are relevant to these actions.

In terms of editorial work, this scheme receives a specific content. The first

of its components is the acquaintance of the editor with the author's work. The

second is to set up the editing task. It can be dictated and refined both by external

circumstances and by the qualities of the material itself. In advance, an amount, the

genre, the need to emphasize the connection with the current events, the form of

contact with the reader can be planned, the kind of editing can be defined. Then the

editor decides how he will act - the third component of the schema is deciphered.

The editor may send the material for refinement, may work on the text with the

author or choose a methodology that, in his opinion, is the most rational in this

case. Visible actions of the editor, including the process of editing the text, only the

last, final stage of editing.

The psychology of editorial work is extremely complicated. This is due to

the complexity of its object - a text that captures the result of complex human

activity, the originality of communicative relationships that arise between the

author, the editor and the reader, the specifics of editorial work, in which the

creative principle is combined with the analytical. In the light of these features, the

text is the main object of editing.

ІІ. Complete the following tasks.

1. What is the psychology of editorial work in your opinion?