The article “Modeling adaptation strategies of social intellect of the Russian students” applies adapting and decoding models of defining, forming and measuring social intellect in peer groups of testees: pupils, students and teachers. Considering essential views on the nature of social intellect makes it possible to formulate the system of its characteristics of essence which is revealed as generic characteristics of social intellect. This approach might serve as a methodological prerequisite for further examining the essence of social intellect, its properties and functions.
Keywords: social intellect, social system, adaptation strategies, metrical text, social subject.