Cross-race Effect: The Role of Social and Individual Factors in Face Recognition Process

The social and psychological peculiarities of image appearance formation in the human interaction process are found out in the article. The basic mechanisms and phenomena that affect the interethnic perception process are anylized. A research procedural and methodological support is proposed. The basic directions of face research as the means of communication are found out. The stages of experimental part of research are described. The main results of research are discussed and illustrated with empirical data. The role of interethnic face perception in different areas of human life is discussed.