Farabi University

91ý

Yerdenova Meruyert

25 December 2025

A dissertation defense for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Yerdenova Meruyert Bekenovna on the topic “Psychogenetic Markers of Cognitive Abilities in Children and Adolescence”, specialty: 8D03107 – Psychology, will take place at al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

The dissertation was completed at the Department of General and Applied Psychology of al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

Form of defense: dissertation work.

Language of defense: Russian.

Official Reviewers:

1. Satova Akmaral Kulmagambetovna – Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor of the Department of General and Applied Psychology, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University. Specialty: 19.00.07 – Pedagogical Psychology (Almaty, Kazakhstan); 

2. Tursungozhinova Gulnar Saylauhanovna – Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Acting Associate Professor of the Department of Language Communication, Higher School of Business and Communication, Shakarim University. Specialty: 19.00.01 – General Psychology, Personality Psychology, History of Psychology, Ethnopsychology (Semey, Kazakhstan).

Scientific Supervisors / Consultants:

1. Kustubaeva Almira Melsovna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Biophysics, Biomedicine, and Neuroscience, al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

2. Michael Posner, PhD in Psychology, Emeritus Professor, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon, USA).

Temporary Members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Kabardov Mukhamed Kanshobievich – Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor of the Laboratory of Differential Psychology and Psychophysiology, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow, Russia);

2. Beisenova Zhuparkul Zhumabayevna – Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Acting Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

3. Galimzhanova Marzhan Anesovna – Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Director of the Institute for Professional Development of Teachers in Atyrau Region (Atyrau, Kazakhstan).

The defense will be held in a hybrid format (online/offline) on December 25, 2025, at 15:00, in room 123 of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of 91ý Kazakh National University (39 Masanchi Street), within the Dissertation Council of 91ý Kazakh National University for the group of specialties / educational programs: «6D050100, 8D03101 – Sociology»;
«6D050200, 8D03104 – Political Science»; «6D090500, 8D11401 – Social Work»; «6D012300, 8D01801 – 8D01801 – Social Pedagogy and Self-Cognition »; «6D050300, 8D03107 – Psychology»; «6D010300, 8D01101 – Pedagogy and Psychology»; «8D03103 – Conflictology».

Zoom Conference Link:

Meeting ID: 986 5407 4135

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