Keyword: «psychological characteristics of seniors»

One of key problems of the advanced school age is a problem of communication with peers. Relationship with companions is in the center of attention of the senior, they also in many respects predetermine behavior, activity, and in the subsequent exert impact on formation of personal qualities and social installations. For the senior it is important to take the significant place among peers, to be recognized in group or to be the leader in collective. However, not each pupil can reach it as specific features and installations of many children prevent to take the high status place, to be socialized in that social group which for them is reference. Quite often it is connected with optimistic or pessimistic style in communication. Results of an empirical research of features of the social status of seniors of optimists and pessimists are presented in article.