Keyword: «conformity of personality»

The article describes the results of a study of motivational factors of conformal behavior of high school students. The significance of the influence of an authoritative personality, group on the conformal behavior of high school students is substantiated. It is shown that the psychological basis of conformity is the high suggestibility of a teenager, involuntary imitation. It is proved that motivational factors of conformal be-havior of high school students are the motives of affiliation and independence, the effect of which is mediat-ed by the degree of significance of the group exerting influence.