Evolution of ideas about social intelligence in domestic and foreign studies
Scientific interest in the study of social intelligence has not weakened for almost a hundred years, starting in the 1920s and until now its development in humans associates with social success (“intelligence of success”, R. Stenberg), the ability to effectively interact with people, predict their behavior and successfully solve life problems. The purpose of the research: to conduct an analytical review of foreign and domestic scientific sources and to identify the evolution of ideas about social intelligence during various periods of its study abroad and in Russia. The material for the study was foreign and domestic open scientific sources, which contain information on the study of social intelligence by foreign and domestic scientific schools. We used the following methods: retrospective analysis, comparative analysis, content analysis, generalization, classification. The analysis of the structural and substantive characteristics of the concept of “social intelligence” presented in foreign and domestic scientific sources made it possible to identify the main periods in the study of social intelligence abroad and in Russia, to trace the change in the views of scientists on theoretical approaches to the study and diagnosis of social intelligence. The evolution of ideas about social intelligence is manifested from the period of its separation from the structure of general intelligence as an independent concept and subject of research (1920s) to the appearance of multi-component models of social intelligence, characterized by a complex of indicators of cognitive, emotional and behavioral components (1900-2000s).