Abstract

The basic directions of research of social intellect in the framework of the problems of its social determinacy, the emphasis on its individual measurement and the isolation of the communicative direction of research, which emphasizes the importance of social intelligence as a communicative resource, are established. The significance of social intelligence as the cognitive basis of communicative competence, which affects the ability of a person to understand and predict the behavior of people in different life situations, to understand and adequately assess oneself and their actions and actions with respect to others, is substantiated. The generalization of the understanding of social intelligence in the framework of different approaches is carried out as the ability to adequately understand and evaluate their behavior and behavior of other people, that is, as a behavioral and communicative phenomenon and an aspect of interpersonal social interaction and communication. A general conclusion is drawn regarding the nature of social intelligence as an integral personal ability that determines the success of a person as a subject of interpersonal relations and communication on the basis of influence on such processes as the understanding and prediction of their own behavior and behavior of other people in situations of interpersonal communication; socialization, inculcation, social adaptation, etc. The main discussion problems in the field of research of social intelligence, which include heterogeneity of methodological approaches to its analysis, uncertainty of social intelligence as a cognitive phenomenon; the availability of approaches to the identification of social intelligence and other forms of cognitive activity of man, are singled out. The priority of research of the problem of measurement of social intelligence and development of measuring methods and their use in educational activity is substantiated.